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T EVENTS ABE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intelligence Con
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Congreci.
Prepared to begin debato on rivers
and harbors appropriation bill.
Resumed consideration of rlvora
and hnrbors appropriation bill.
Representative Cannon spoko In fa
ror of Lincoln memorial structure
bill.
Imtncdlato action on North river
pier IiINh was urged before commerce
committee.
"Money trust" Investigating commit
tee heard the last bankers on Us list
of witnesses.
James J. Hill and several bankora
examined by "money trust" Investigat
ing committee.
Morchant marine committee con
tinued Its Investigation Into alleged
steamship poolB.
Shipping pool Investigating com
rnlttoo heard testimony on trans-Atlantic
lines tralllc.
Manufacturers of. flax, hemp, Juto,
etc., boforo tariff revision hearing
ways and mcaiiB committee.
Samuel Gompers asked Judiciary
commltteo to postpono action on
workmen's compensation bill.
Disagreed to scnato nmondmont to
ecutlvo nnd judicial appropriation
I '.II and asked for a conference.
Representative Mooro, boforo public
I wildings commlttoe, urged $1,000,000
i pproprlatlon for now custom houso at
Philadelphia.
CoiiBldoratlon of conferonco roport
in Immigration bill was objected to
and notlco was given that It would bo
tailed up Saturday.
Appropriation of $1,000,000 for rollof
of Ohio vulloy flood BUfforors provided
In resolutions introduced by Repre
sentative Stanloy.
Interstate commorco commltteo
hoard protests of LouIbvUIo & Nash
vlllo railroad represontntlveB on Stan
loy terminal facilities.
Colonel GoethalH, boforo tho houso
naval nffnlrn committee, said a forco
of 25,000 soldiers wns necossary to
guard tho Panama canal.
Pensions for Spanish war veterans'
widows woro udvocated before tho
ponHlons commltteo nt a hearing on
tho Crago bill passed by the houso.
Two blllB Incorporating tho Amer
ican Academy of FIno ArtonndLottors
and tho National Instltuto of Arts
and Letters woro passed by tho sen
ate. Federal prisoners having sorvod fif
teen yoarn of life sentences will here
nfter bo eligible for parole, if Presi
dent Taft signs Uio bill passed by tho
conate.
Tho sonato pasBed tho bill croatlng
a "penco centennial commission" and
appropriating" f 100,000 for observ
ance of 100th nnnlvorsnry of treaty
of Ghont
Chnlrmon Graham of tho lntorlor
department expenditures commlttoe,
made a roport charging that mnny
frauds had been committed ngalnst
Whlto Karth Indiana.
Colonol Goothals gave his views on
tho Panama canal zono civil govern
ment to tho houBo appropriations
commltteo for uso in drafting a sun
dry civil appropriation bill.
Provisions of tho olght-hour law
npp'.icablo to all omployes on gov
ernment contract work wore cxtond
ed to omployes on rlvor and harbor
Improvements whon tho sonato pass
ed tho houBo bU amending tho orig
inal law.
A bill Introduced by Representative
Taylor of Colorado to pormlt homo
fteadera acquiring sixty ncres of pub
lic land to tnko nu additional sixty
neres without living on tho proporty
for flvo years, as tho law now re
quires, was passed by tho houso,
i Genera),
otton tariff revision noarlng cou
icd by ways and means committee.
Flvo more indlctmonts woro found
by tho special grand jury Investigat
ing New Yorlt'B "arson trusL"
D. C. Dodgo mid H. M Porr woro
appointed receivers for Uio Denver,
Northwestern & Pacific railroad by
United States District Judgo 1L 15.
Lewis In Donvor.
I'articlpants In tho proposed reun
ion commemorating tho (lftloth mini
vorfiury of tho battlo of Gettysburg
111 decide for themBolvcs whether
to appear In their old uniforms.
For tho llrst tlino In itB history Salt
Lnko City hns nt Its huad a socialist
mayor, Henry V. Lawrenco.
Amoricnn securities at Loudon oien
cd steady and a fraction higher today.
Part of tho list lator declined under
realizing.
The biggest restaurants In Ilorlln
bow compel waiters to say thanks
when guests pay their bill, oven when
no tip is given,
Four additional Jurors were sworn
to try Clarenco S. Darrow on tho
charge of having bribed n juror in
Uio MoNamara case, leaving but two
places to bo tilled. '
Merit countB high with Governor
Wilson in his appointments
Eight ballots left tho Illinois spoak
orsbip deadlock unbroken.
Freo meat and possibly cattle loom
up ns a probablo part of the new
tariff bill.
A Lincoln crowd saw Luther Mo
Carty, white heavywolglrt champion,
In action. ,
Tho alleged telephono monopoly Is
to bo taken In hand by tho Interntate
commerco commission.
President Taft has approved the
noto sent In reply to tho Ilrltlsh con
ventlon on Panama canul tolls.
Tho democratic majority In tho Dol
aware legislature again failed to agree
ujori a United States senator
Tho Diamond Match company paid
linen aggregating $2,000 for violation
of tho Wisconsin child labor law.
Tho deadlock In tho Now Hamp
shire legislature over tho choice of a
United States senator continued,
Tho Interstate commerce commis
sion finds there Ib basis for tho com
plaint that coal prices ore too high.
At Noenah, Wis., a young girl, em
ployed in ono of tho paper mlllB
there, has found $110 In a bundle of
rags.
Head Consul A. R. Talbot urgea
end of M. W. A. rate quarrel and says
old rates will stand until 1914 'moot
ing. Arguments on points of law con-
mimed almost tho entire day of tho
trial of officials of the National Cash
Register company in Cincinnati.
Prof. O. V. P. Stout of tho Uni
versity of Nebraska in attending a
meeting of tho deans of englnnring
department In land grant colleges.
Tho largest and most powerful bat
tleship afloat, .tho Brazilian sujer
dreodnought Rio do Janeiro wbb
launched from Uio slips at EIbwIcU
England. '
Stato Sonator J, 15. Sanford of
Ullnh, Cal democratic national com
mitteeman for California, -Introduced
a Joint resolution In tho Benato favor
ing Asiatic exclusion.
Nathan Straus Balled for the Holy
Land to establish twenty-ono boup
kitchens In Jerusalem and to do what
ever else ho can to alleviate tho suf
fering of tho Jowb in Palestine.
Equal suffragist wore successful In
having a resolution providing for tho
submission of tho question to tho vot
ors Introduced into Uio lower houso
of tho Iowa legislature.
Tho houso on tho Frod Troutner
farm, flvo miles northeast of Colo, la.,
burned to tho ground while tho family
was away from homo. Tho origin of
tho flro Ib unknown. Tho loss will
roach $3,000.
ExteiiBlon of Uio Shormr.n anti-trust
law provisions to combinations of
farmors or laborers Is proposed in an
amendment to tho untl-trust law lntrc-
ducomont by Ropresentatlvo Byrno of
Tonnesseo.
With tho clauso eliminated iequlr
lng aliens entering UiIb country to
havo certificates of character, tho con
feronco roport on tho Immigration bill
was reported to tho houoo by Reprc
aontatlvo Gardnor of Massachusetts.
President Taft prosontcd to Capt.
JoBophus E. Cocll, of tho Eighteenth
United States Infantry tho medal of
honor votod to him by congress for
gallantry In action In tho Philippines
In March, 100G.
Competition has hurt tho arson
business In New York City. Tho
grand Jury, which haB already Indict
ed several proporty owners and In
surance adjustors, alleged to bo mem
hers of tho so-called "arson trust,"
learned that a largo group of lndo.
pendent operators woro responsible
for nearly as many flroB ns tho "trust"
ltsolf.
An address by Former Governor
Hadloy of Missouri on the subject of
"IrogresBlvo Jurisprudence" wa tho
lending feature of tho program at tho
annual mooting of Uio Now York
8tato Bar assoclaUon. At tho elec
tion of oftlcors which will conclude
tho mooting Judgo Alton n. Parker
will bo named ns president of Uio
association.
Mr, Harry Garrison, ono of Uio
most widely known residents or this
soctlon of the state, celebrated his
ono hundredth birthday anniversary
at liia homo at Mallard crook. The
entire membership of Mecklenburg
camp of confodornto votenuis of
this city made a pilgrimage to tho
home of the centenarian to help In
tho colobratlon.
Fedoral Judge Holt postponed for
ono week his decision on tho writ
of habeas corpus In tho enso of Ed
ward F. Myllus, Uio Belgian Journal
ist, ordored deported as an undcslr
ablo alien. Myllus will spend the
week at Ellis Island. The writ. If
granted, would give him hla freedom
under bond until tho courts dotor
mlno whethor ho may enter Uio couu
try. Alox Shuttle a mall carrlor of
Mankato, Minn, shot and killed
Josoph Buddo, n pollcoman of tho
samo city, and then turned the wea
pon on hlmsolf with fatal results
whllo on board n Chicago & North
western railway train. It Is bolloved
Shutto was Insane Ho recontly
threatened to kill Governor Ebor
hart of Minneapolis because of somo
fancied wroug.
William R. Bernhardt of Cincinnati,
who entered the federal prison hero
with athor labor leaders convicted
with tho "dynnmlte conspiracy," was
released on bond of $10,000.
Pertonal.
Members of tho French cabinet for
mally tendorod their resignations to
tho new president.
Democrats In congress uio exer
cised ovor WHsoh'b silence regarding
policies of his cabinet.
Woujon of Now York believe tho
chnncea are good for a Buffrago
amendment to tho constitution.
ALLIES THREATEN
ACTION PART OF PROGRAM TO
BRING PRESSURE ON TURKS.
NOT ANXIOUS TO RESUME WAB
Balkan Delegates Will Draft Note
Explaining Why Peace Confer
ence Must Be Ended.
London. Tho Balkan plenipotentia
ries who havo received full powers
from Uiolr respective governments, ap
pointed a committee to draft a noto
to tho Turkish plenipotentiaries ex
plaining why tho peace conference
must now bo considered broken off. It
is hoped thb draft will bo ready for
approval by tho full dologatlon Mon
day night.
TIiIb action of Uio allies is part of
a BcricB of well-considered forms of
pressure with which tho Balkan dele
gates hopo to obtain their object with
out resuming tho war.
Tho meeting lnotcd for an hour and
a half and Uio course to be followed
waa given earnest conGldoraUon. Two
distinct vlewB woro manlfestod ono
for Uio lmracdlato rupture of tho nego
tiations, leading to a resumpUon of
tho war and tho other favoring a tem
porizing policy, In order to avoid ir
revocable Btops. Tho latter course tri
umphed and a commltteo was appoint
ed, consisting of ono member from
each delegation.
Arguments Again Outlined.
General lines were laid down on
which Uio noto Is to bo drafted, com
prising tho arguments already set
forth many times as to why Uio
loaguo demands Uio surrender of
Adrlnuoplo and tho Aegean Islands as
an indispensable condition to Uio
conclusion of peaco.
That tho policy of tho allies Is to
gain tlino Is patent and does not do
colvo anybody. The dolegates decid
ed that tho advantages to bo derived
from tho resumpUon of hosUHUca
wouiti bo in proportion to tho risks
they ran and that thoy would not tako
that stop unless absolutely forced to
do so. It Is realized that oven a
partial reverse would havo grave
moral and material consequences
apart from tho loss of thousands of
men.
In addition, tho fact Is not over
looked that there is danger of Ru
mania advancing from the rear and
of Austria imposing on Servia and
Montenegro its conditions for remain
ing neutral. Tho only disatvautago
In delaying decisive acUon is in keep
ing xlargo armies Inactive and on a
war fooUng for a long time, thus
hoavily taxing both tho flnnnclal and
agricultural resources of tho country.
Attempted Shooting.
Paris. A Barcelona dispatch to
the Potlt Porlsien reports an attempt
to assassinate Archduko Louis Salva
lor of Tuscany. Whllo the archduko
waB walking In tho grounds of his
estate at Mlnimlx, In tho Balearic is
land, a workman employed on Uio es
tate tired at him sevoral times with
a revolver. One1 of tho bullets grazed
tho archduko and Boveroly wounded
u governess.
Gunboat Wheeling at Vera Cruz:,
Vera Cruz. Tho United States gun
boat Wheeling, which was ordered to
Vera Cruz by tho American govern
ment because of reports of alarming
conditions In that section, arrived
there Sunday morning. Tho reception
of the AmorlcanB will bo cold, as
Mexicans nro not parUcularly pleased
at Uio visit of an American warship.
Laid to Final Rest.
Annapolis, Md. With simple, but
ImpTcaslvo ceremonies tho body of
John Paul Jones, llrst admiral of tho
American navy, today was placed in
tho new crypt undor tho Naval ocad
omy chapol. Secretary of tho Navy
Meyer, French Ambassador JuBsorund
nnd Governor Goldaborough woro
among those present
Killed by French Soldiers.
Meklns, Morocco. Tho French
punitive oxpcdltlon under Colonel
Relbell yostorday routed a largo
forco of Boulmiguld and Bonlotlon
tribesmen, aftor a live-hour tight Tho
French casualty list numbered fifteen
killed and woundod. Tho Moors left
fifty dead on Uio Hold.
Congressman Smith Dead.
Los Angeles. Sylvestor Clark'
Smith of Bukorslleld, member of con
gress from the Eighth California dis
trict, died hero Sunday.
Bank Robbed; Cashier Locked Up.
Oklahoma City. Artor robbing tho
Stato bank of Mounds, Okl., and lock
ing Cashier C. T. Drown In tho looted
vaults, three maskod men oscaped
with $3,500 In currency nnd silVor.
Joseph H, Choate Is 81.
Now York. Josoph H. Choato, for
mor United States ambassador to
Great Britain, received tho congratu
lations of mnny friends on tho occa
sion of his olghty-llrst blrUiday anni
versary. Mr. Choato Is In excellent
healUi.
R. W. Bell Elected U. S. Senator.
Nashville, Tonn. Prof. R. W. Boll
of Boll Buckle, ludopendont democrat
was olected United Statos senator for
tho term ending March 4, next. Ho de
feated M. T. Bryan of Nashvlllo.
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
C. E. Harman, Holdrege, deputy food
commissioner.
('. W, Pool, Tccumseh, deputy labor
commlsfcloncr.
X. J. Ludl, Wahoo, state printer.
Gustav Rutcnbeck, Utlca, chief
game warden.
M. Halm, Valontlno, deputy game
warden.
W. s. Austin, Central City, deputy
oil Inspector,
John Bosomnn, Morrill, bank examiner.
Tho above nppolntmcnts were an
nounced byvGovornor Morchcnd Fri
day morning. Tho appointees to these
Importnnt positions arc all well known
Nebraska democrats and huvo been
closely Identified with party actlvltlos
for many years.
C. W. Pool, tho new labor commis
sioner, was a candidate for irovernm
at tho democratic, primary election
last spring, but later withdrew. He
is a well known newspaper man of
Tccumseh.
Clarenco E. Harman, who has been
appointed food commissioner, wns
twice a candidate for railway commis
sioner. Ho Is an active young man
and should bo well qualified for his
new duties.
N. J. Ludl, who hns been named as
state printer, 1b tho editor of the
Wahoo Democrat. Ho waa a candidate
for chairman of tho democratic state
central committee at tho Grand Island
convention last summer.
Regulating Sale of Firearms.
Sale of firearms to youths under 18
years of age Is prohibited in a bill In
troduced by Splrk of Saline in tho
stato senate. Tho inensuro is un
equivocal in Its provisions and Is the
most atrlngont measure over brought
up along this lino for several sessions.
Organlzatlous of various kinds arc be
hind tho measure and an effort will bo
made to wage a successful light for
the bill's passage.
Will Report University Removal.
Lincoln. University removal, or the
McAllister one-mill levy bill, will be
reported from the commltteo on reve
nue and taxation, without recommen
dation, to be placed on tho general flic.
Such was tho action taken by the
committee, to whom the bill hnd been
referred, after a lengthy discussion In
favor of removal had been made by
Regents Coupland and Whltmore and
McAllister, tho framer of tho bill.
Ackerman for Hotel Commissioner.
Phillip' Ackerman of ' Lincoln has
been nppolnted hotel commissioner by
Governor Morehcad. Ackerman is a
traveling salosman. He will take the
place formerly held by R. D,. McFad
den of Hastings. The position pays
$5 a day and expenses while the com
missioner is engaged in the work.
The hotel commission fund Is at pres
ent depleted and appropriation will
not become avnllablo until mado by
the present legislature.
Bill to Reduce Wire Rates.
A fiat rate of 23 cents for ten words
and 1 cent for each additional word
on all telegrams sent from ono point
to another within tho state will ba
proposed by Representative Stebblns.
He will Introduce tho bill making such
a rato mandatory. At present the
basic rates are 25 cents and 40 cents,
tho latter on messages sent from east
ern to western Nebraska or vice versa.
Alliance Man Fire Commissioner.
W. S. RUlgell of Alliance has been
appointed flro commissioner by Gov
ernor Morchead. Ho will succeed
C. A. Randall. II. F. Roquartte of
Yprk has been named deputy Are com
missioner to succeed John C. Trouton
of South Omaha.
University removal Is fast coming
Into sight as ono of tho big fights of
tho session, there being apparently a
lot of aentiment on both sides of tho
question, nnd tho interests at stake
are so large nnd so various that this
subject mn easily assume the position
as the leading bono of contention In
the current session.
Sunday Baseball BUI.
The Bnrtllng Sunday baseball bill
nppeared In tho houso under tho sig
nature of McKlssIck of Gage. It pro
vides that such sport shall be legal but
gives cities and towns tho right to
forbid It within thoir limits. This
Is tho bill vetoed, by Governor Aid
rich two ears ago because It did not
provide merely that cities might ad
mit such Sunday sport und In other
plnccs to prohibit it.
Proposed Salary Amendment.
A constitutional amendment pro
posed by Palmer of Clay would in
crease tho governor's salary to $5,000
per year, make his term four years,
and refuse him a re-election. This Is
In nccord with tho pre-election state
ments of Governor Morohead, and In'
part with hlo mossago to the legisla
ture. , Bollen of Knox proposes two
'amendments to- tho constitution, one
providing for tho recall of public of
flcluls according to statutes that may
be passed, tho other providing for wo
man suffrage.
Good Roadc Bills.
The two loading road bills so fai
woro by Norton of Polk and by Palmoi
of Clay. Norton proposes to create a
stato highway commission, composed
of the governor, tho attorney general
and the commissioner of public lands
nnd buildings. Tho Btato engineer
would bo secretary of this board and
employes of tho englnoer'B office sub
ject to its control. It would be em
powered to appoint thrco deputies, to
eervo with no remuneration save ac
tual expenses, nnd to bo designated as
tho board of deputies.
SENATE'S EiPLOIES
NORRIS ELECTED' U. S. SENATOR
FROM NEBRASKA.
fHE NEBRASKA LAWMAKERS
Brief Mention of the Work Being Don?
by Ncbracka Solons In the
Houses of Legislature.
Norrls Elected Senator.
Lincoln. George W. Norrls was de
clared to be the unanimous choice of
both tho houses of the legislature
Tuesday morning for United States
senator, nnd his election was formal
ly ratified Wednesday. Every senntor
voted for Norrls, democratic and re
publican ullke, whllo tho entire mem
bership of tho house voted for him
excepting two absent representatives.
In tho senate tho proceedings were
very Informal. Tho only explained
oto was that of Senator Klein, dem-
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GEORGE W. NORRIS
Elected by the Legislature as United
States Senator from Nebraska.
ocrat, who said that although he was
not bound by statement No. 1, ho
wanted the people to rule and there
fore voted for tho republican senator.
No demonstration accompanied the
voting or the declaration o the sec
retary of the senate that Norrls was
tho choico of that body.
The total number of senate em
ployes has reached fifty-eight, and,
with the exception of a few which
will be added from time to time as
emergency demands, will ikely'not go
very much higher. The employes
chosen nro:
Bill Clerks H. C. Shultz and Bon
Stewart, Omaha; J. A. Rodman, Sid
ney; Chester Dobbe, Beatrice; J. R.
ForbeB, Wayne; David Meeker, Im
perial. Clerk Commltteo on Engrossed
Bills Mrs. M. 'M. Hnrrls, Lincoln.
Engrossing Clerks Mrs. Anna E.
Edwards, Omaha, and Mrs. Bertha
Mann, Crete.
Custodians Alfred Hald, Omaha;
Georgo Cathroo, Omaha; George Ken
nedy, Genoa;; M. Logasa, Omaha;
Henry Bessey, Wllber.
Engrossing Clerks Mrs. William
Hunter, Lincoln; Miss Stella Dolan
and Miss Verna Leonard, Platts
mouth. Stenographers Miss Laura Chrla
tonson, Lincoln; Miss Agnes A. Scott,
Lincoln; Mrs. Alice J. Collins, Lin
coln. Smith Bill Passes Senate.
Tho sonato has passed tho Smith
bill providing for an annual occupa
tion tax for express companies doing
business in tho state. The bill pro
vides that 2 per cent of the gross re
ceipts of the company shall be levied
against It regularly, such receipts to
bo thoso resulting from business
transacted at stations In Nohraska.
Declines the Appointment.
Ex-Govcronr A. C. Shallenberger
has declined tho appointment as a
member of the bonrd of control ten
dered him by Governor Morehead.
He sent a telegram to the governor
Saturday In which ho stated that it
would be Impossible for him to accept.
Neglected children, whose parents
are proper guardlnns, but llnnnclallj
unable to provldo a living for their
offspring, can remain at homo nnd still
have the expense of thoir keep paid
by county boards, under the provisions
of a bill Introduced by Senator Rob
ertson of Holt county. Tho measure
Ib on amondment to tho stntuto relat
ing to tho mattor of caring for de
pendent nnd neglected children. The
stnte charities association support
ing tho moasuro and will ondeaVor to
socuro Its passago at tho present ses
slon.
The election of n United States sen
ator and tho first consideration pf
proposed legislation will feature the
week's sessions of tho stato legisla
ture. George W. Norrls will be
elected senntor In all probability. Tho
votos will bo cast under tho Oregon
plan, In accordance with the people's
vote, November 5, and thoro Is no un
certainty as to tho result. Instead of
oweatlng In smoky hotel lobblos, trad
ing and bartering senatorial vote3,
members of tho legislature peacefully
Bpent tho week-end In sundry occupa
tions befitting the day.
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UKIEF NEWS Of NEBRASKA
Brown vlllo Is to havo a new bank.
Hastings Y. M. C. A. will try to In
crease Its membership to 500.
Elwood will submit tho postolllce
contest to a vote of tho patrons.
S. J. Smith, a pioneer resident of
Cortland, Is dead at IiIb homo there.
Tho dates for the farmors' instltuto
in Burt county will be February 18
and 10.
Over 3,000 birds were entered at tho
state poultry show at Grand Island '
last week.
"Jerry" Simpson of Falrbury has In
vented and perfected an "air cooled"
gasoline engine.
Tho now Congregational church at
York will bo ready for dedication
early In tho spring.
Owing to tho warm weather last
week the Northwestern discontinued
Its Ice harvest near Fremont.
Tho Union Pacific stono crusher
east of Wymore has closed down on
account of weather conditions.
The Btato oratorical contest will be
hold nt York. February 28. Eight
stato colleges will bo represented.
Charles Gllmoro of Falrbury had his
right eye cut out with a whip whllo
loading hogs at South St. Joseph.
The new athletic park contemplated
by a number of prominent men of
Beatrice will probably be given up.
Tho Blue Springs Farmers' Elevator
company last year handled over 133,
000 bushels of corn, wheat and oat3.
Over a hundred conversions so far
Is the result of the union revival ser
vices being carried on at Humboldt.
The state volunteer firemen conven
tion at North Platte last week was an
Interesting and well attended session.
The Aurora city schools finished the
first semester of tho year with the
largest attendance for any preceding
time.
Harvard chapter No. 70, O. E. S
celebrated the twentieth anniversary
of Its organization In an appropriate
manner.
The Improved Order of Redmcn of
Plattsmouth, at Its last meeting, ar
ranged for the third annual fiddlers'
contest.
Information has been received at
Falrbury that Ray Hall, a former resi
dent of that place, had oulclded at
Burlington, Wash.
The city federation of boys' work
ers at Lincoln will tnke a census of
tho boys of that place during the
month of February.
Attendance at tho Falrbury high
school has reached 3C0 students and
it haB been necessary to Increaso the
faculty with two Instructors.
The new Aurora Young Mon'o Chris
tian association bulking was formally
opened to the pupIlB when 500 people
were present at the dedication.
Plans for a complete new sewerage
system are being ontertalncd at Ban
croft. The council has been consider
ing the proposition for some time.
A party of about twenty-five Ne
braska people will attend the world's
seventh Sunday school convention.
which will bo held at Zurich, Switzer
land, July 8 to 15 of this year.
While hunting near Exeter, Julian
Peterson found "cached" In a hedge a
quantity of dynamito and nitroglycer
ine, and several lengths of fuse, evi
dently but recently placed there.
The board of education at Madison
has elected Superintendent Dell Gib
son of LyonB, Neb., to succeed Super
intendent Oberkottcr at Madison at
tho close of the present school year.
While pursuing coyotes on Dorsey
island in tho Platto river, G. H. Riley
of Saunders county "treed" a coon
and captured it. It is believed to bo
tho biggest animal of its species ever
caught In that section. It weighs
twenty-eight pounds.
At the closing day's session of the
Nebraska Home Economic association
held at the state farm at Lincoln, Mrs.
A. E. Davidson of that place was
elected president, whllo other officers
named were Mrs. R. D. Ream of
Broken Bow, vice president; Mrs.
Mann, Bethany, secretary, and Mls3
Irene Miner, Red Cloud, treasurer.
Fremont druggists havo decided to
launch a move to secure tho 1914 con
vention of Nebraska druggists for
that place.
The remains of Mrs. Fred Schu
maker, who died recently at Rocklege,
Fla., woro interred at her old home at
Silver Creek.
While suffering an attack of mentnl
trouble recently Charles Roscoo of
Clatonia chopped off somo of hla toea
with a hatchet.
Sparks from a stove In tho lauudry
at the asylum at Lincoln started a
fire In a shod, but it was put out with
little damage.
A farmers' Instltuto will bo held in
Wymore. February 17 and 18. There
will be seed and soil tost3 by govern,
mont es-porta, in addition to regular
features.
Alnsworth claims to be one of the
largest shipping points of any city
of itB size in the stato. There havo
been S40 cars of products shipped
out of this place and 054 cars received.
Milan Thomas, who had his skull
fractured from being thrown from his
buggy when his horso becamo fright
enod nt some dogs, died at a Yor's
hospital, where he had boen taken to
havo an operation performed.
Mrs. Dexter Abbey, for a number ol
ycara a resident of York, is dead at
Aurora. Mo., where sho has recently
mado her home.
Tho new T. M. C. A. quartets in
Aurora, consisting of a gymnasium
locker room, showor baths, reading
and reception rooms and olllcc, have
been opened to tho public.
The board of directors of tho Young
Men's Christian association at Bea
trice has reorganized and cicctod the
following officers: President, D, S
Dalboy; vice president. J. A. Barnard;
secretary, J. E. Thompeon; treasurer
Carl Shaffer.
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