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THE SEMEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. HARE, Publisher.
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CONQRE88.
Tho ecnato passed tho bill author
izing payment of $71,000 to American
Injured by Urine on tho Mexican bor
der. The houso refuaed by a vote of 213
to 114, to pbrb tho Dillingham. Bur
nett Immigration bill over tho presi
dent's veto.
Tho house money trust Investigat
ing committee has bogun considera
tion of tho financial regulation legis
lation which will bo recommended In
Its report.
Secrotary MaoVoagh submitted to
President Taft IiIb plan for tho reor
ganization of tho customs service in
accordanco with the authority grant
ed by congress.
Senator Drown Introduced amend
"hents to tho public building bill pro.
tiding for the following public build
ings: Alliance, $125,000; Wahoo,
$100,000; Auburn, $G8,000.
A bill to reduco tho number of of
flcorB for each roglmont of Infantry,
envalryand field nrtlllory was Intro
duced In tho Houso by Chairman Hay
of tho house military affairs commit
tee. Secretary MncVoagh told tho houso
commltteo on Treasury dopartmeht
r-xpcndlturcs that $35,000,000 in tho
Vreasury abovo current liabilities was
practicable working balanco and
thnt in emergencies it could bo run
below thnt amount.
Representative Webb of North Car
olina has Introduced a resolution Re
questing tho attorney general to fur
nish tho public wltli information as to
why tho criminal prosecution of im
porters of china from Limoges,
France, had been discontinued.
Tho largest pension bill over re
ported to congress, carrying appro
priations aggregating $180,300,000,
was posBcd by tho houso by a voto of
210 to 40, with an amendment which
will mako necessary an additional ap
proprlation of moro than $1,000,000.
Resolutions commending tho efforts
of Secrotary of Stato Knox as chair
man of tho governing board of tho
Pan-Amorican union for tho last four
years to further amity and frlondBhlp
between tho United States and Latin
America wero ndopted unanimously
at u mooting of tho govornlng board
of ' Pan-Amorican union.
A coat of white paint nppllod to tho
niuiro reading dusk from which
Woodrow Wilson will dollvor his in
augural address March 4 conBtltutod
cno of tho real "finishing touches" to
tho great temporary structuro that
ban gono up on tho cast front of tho
oapltol In preparation for inaugura
tion,
Plain lauding of food packages with
thcrnot weight and contents beforo
thfcjf aro sold to tho public is required
bv a bill passed by tho Benato, which
already had passed In tho houso.
Slight changes mado by tho aonato
will roquire a conference commlttoo
of tho two houses beforo tho moaBuro
is sont to tho proBldent for signature.
Tho propoaod $100,000,000 Rocke
feller foundation for benovolont pur.
poses constitutes tho safest disposi
tion that can bo mado of that portion
of John D. Rockefeller's Immense for
tune, lfl tho conclusion oxpressed in a
majority report from tho aonato Judic
iary commltteo to tho sonato rocom
mending tho paBsago of tho Rocke
feller foundation bill.
Intervention of tho United States
government to secure Justlco, or at
leaBt a fair trial for fallon Prcsldont
Madoro of Moxico, ub announcod by
Secrotary Knox at tho cabinet meet
ing was an unexpected development
of tho State department policy in re
gard to that republic. Rocontly it was
nnnounccd that there was no intontlon
to d opart from tho policy of nonin
tervention in tho Moxlcan troubles.
Extravagance in tho present sys
tem of improving waterways and tho
need of closer co-operation botwoon
tho states and tho fedorul govornmont
woro omphaBlzed in the scnato in a
fight over- certain provisions of tho
unuual rlvor and harbor approprla
tlon bill. Sonator Nolson, chairman
of tho senate commltteo, said hotter
remiltH could bo Bccured In waterway
Improvement If congress would appro
priate a. lump sum and loavo tho de
tails of river Improvement to a com
mission of army engineers.
GENERAL.
Postmaster General Hitchcock's an
nual report tentatively suggests reduc
tion of soruo parcels post rates und
increasing the limit of weight beyond
eleven pounds. ,
Ye Ho Na La, empress dowager of
China, is dead. Sho was the widow
of Emporor Kwangsu, who died No
verabor 13, 1908.
Hurrlod preparations are bolng
mado in Moxico City for the flight of
American womon and children from
tho strlckon olty to safety within th?
borders of tho United Stutes.
Over $0,000,000,000 is invested in
tho electrical business In tho U. S.
The Showmen's League of America,
an organization composed of owners
of various kinds of tent shows and
outdoor attractions, hs been formed
In Chicago,
Don Arturo Dandlnl, one of the last
members of a distinguished Spanish
family, which traced Its history back
to Castllllan days in Mexico, died Id
San Francisco.
Scarcely a district of tho capital of
Mexico has oacaped Injury. Almost
overywhero shells have torn thclt
way through buildings. Hundreds o
buildings attest this.
Threatened litigation over tho $10,
000,000 t'Btato of tho lato Richard T.
Crane, of Chicago has been ayertcd,
according to a statement by Richard
Crane, Jr.
Tho "telephono tniBt" Bltuatlon on
the Pacific coaBt ift being Investigated
by the federal government to deter
mine wether tho Sherman law Is be
ing violated.
Denver, Colo., according to statis
tics, uses moro light In proportion to
lis population than any other city In
tho country; threo candle-power per
head. Boston comes next.
A bill making it a misdemeanor,
punishable by a lino of from $10 to
$25 for any person to give, solicit or
rccolvo indirectly a tip, has been in
troduced In the Pennsylvania legis
lature. Tho national chamber of commerce
adopted a resolution calling upon tho
president and senate of tho United
States to renow the arbitration treaty
mado botweon this country and Great
Britain In 1008.
Three, bandits who hold up a saloon
at Eagle, Colo., and secured $2,500
aro still at largo. Shorlft Schrader
of Lake county 1;ub a force of deputies
searching the mountains. i
Tho lower Ijoubo of tho Michigan i
legislature passed tho Glassner eugen
ics bill, which provides that every
person seeking, to marry must submit
to physical examination.
Denial was mado by D. L. Bush,
general managor of tho Mllwaukco
railway, that a domand had boen mado
on ofllclnlB of the. rond for a raise of
5 cents per hour in tho wages of the
boiler makers.
A resolution was adopted at tho an
nual convention of tho Illinois division
of tho United Mliio Workera of Amer
ica, providing for arranging a wago
scalo one your beforo tho expiration
of tho proBont ono with tho operators.
UlBhop John Joseph 11 or an of tho
Roman Catholic dlocoso of Kansas
City, tho oldest Catholic prelate both
in years and point of sorvlco In this
country, Is critically 111 at tho ecclesi
astical residence hero of pneumonia.
A great llro which occurred In tho
center of Toklo, destroyed 1,000 build
ings. ThcBo Included several
churches, tho Baptist tabernacle, tho
Salvation hall, tho school of foreign
languages and several other schools.
Ono hundred Christians havo boen
massacred by Turkish troops In tho
village of Konamlnlo, Bulgaria.
After Bhootlng his wlfo dead, Henry
Goldberg, a painter, was shot and
killed by his 21-year-old son, Edward,
at Oakland, Calif.
Nathan B. Goff, Judgo of tho United
Stato circuit court of appeals, a re
publican, was elected United Stutes
aonator by a Joint session of tho West
Virginia legislature, to succeed Clar
onco W. Watson, democratic Incum.
bont.
According to Information recolved
at tho suffrage headquarters neither
President Taft or President-elect Wll
son will bo prosent on March 3 to rc
vlow tho suffrage parado that will
march down Pennsylvania avenue
from Capitol hill in Washington.
Insurgont Modern Woodmen of
America from tho Second congression
al district and momborB of tho organ
ization's oxocutlvo commlttoo at a ban
quet in Omaha decided by resolution
to renow thqlr efforts to havo the leg
islature enact what 1b known as tho
referendum rate bill,
Threo of tho nBsaBslns of tho late
president of tho republic of Salvador,
Dr, Manuel E. Arnujo, have boen tfhot
by platoons of soldlorB. Tho shooting
took place on tho Camp Do Marto race
courso In tho presonco of a largo con
courso of people.
At tho cioBlng session of the conven
tion of tho Laymon's Missionary move
ment of tho Southern Presbyterian
church, the proposod world's tour of
missionaries under direction of tho In-tor-donominatlonal
laymen's mission,
ary movement was approved.
Francisco I. Madero, nrrcBted In tho
national palaco In Moxico City, by
Qonoral Blanquot, ono of his own com
manders, was forced to sign his res
ignation from tho presidency. Goncrnl
Vlctorlnno Huortn, who has boen
fighting Diaz, haB boon proclaimed
provisional governor. Gustuy Madero
and all tho cabinet ministers, with
tho exception of ErneBto Madero, aro
under arrest. Tho vice president of
the republic, .Tobo Pino Sunrcz, still
Is at llborty, but in hiding. Tho
Amorlcan ambassador and tho other
foreign dlplomatB hold a conference at
tho Amorlcan embassy to discuss tho
re-eatabllshment ot order and tho
further protection ot foreign rosldonts.
Francisco I. Madoro, deposed from
tho presidency of Mexico, will bo ex
iled. Preparations for tho transpor
tation of tho deposed president and
Vlco President Suaroz and their fam
llles to Vera Cruz to catch a stoamor
for Europe havo boon completed.
That Francisco Madero will got out
of Mexico without having to faco of
ftclal Investigations of one chargo or
anothor now appears Improbable Ho
already has been charged with re
sponsibility for tho death of Colonel
Rlvoroll, whom ho is alleged to havo
shot at the tlmo of his arrest in the
palace.
HBO
5H0I OWN
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
KILLED ON WAY TO PRISON.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS TRAGEDY
It la. Claimed That the Prisoners
Attempted to Escape In
vestigation Ordered.
Washington, D. C. Ambassador
Honry Lano Wilson telegraphed to
tho stato department that Francisco
do la Barra, minister for foreign af
fairs, had Invited all forolgn diplo
mats In Moxico City to tako luncheon
with him. Tho ambasador stated
that nono of tho diplomats would at
tend tho luncheon unless tho tragic
death of former ProBldent Madero
and former Vlco President Suaroz Is
cleared of mystery.
Mexico City. Francisco I. Madero
ind Joso Pino Suarez aro dead.
In u midnight rldo under guard
from tho National palaco to tho peni
tentiary they woro killed.
Tho circumstances surrounding the
J oath of tho deposed president and
vlco president of tho republic aro un
known, except us given In official ac
counts, which do not conform in all
cases. Tho only wltnessoa wero thoao
actually concerned In tho killing.
Tho provisional president, General
Vlctoriano Huerta, says tho killing of
tho two mon was Incidental to a fight
botweon tholr guard and a party at
tempting to liberate thorn. Tho minis
tor of foreign relations, Francisco do
la Barra, adds that the prisoners at
tempted to escape. Nolther makes a
doflnlto statement ub to which Bldo
fired tho fatal Bhots. It Is not lmpos
Blblo that nolther knows.
An official Investigation has been
ordered to dotermlno tho responsibili
ty, nnd solemn promises havo been
made that tho guilty will bo punished.
Not unnaturally a great portion of
tho public regards tho official ver
sions with doubt, having in mind,tho
aso for conturles of tho notorious
"ley fuga," tho unwritten law which
Is invoked when tho death of a prison
or Is desired. After its application
thoro is wrltton on the records,
"Prisoner shot trying to oscapo."
Sonora Madero, widow of tho ox
presldent, received tho first dellnlto
Information of his death from tho
Spanish minister, Senor Cologan y
Cologan. Sho already had heard re
ports that something -unusual and ser
ious had happened, but friends had
endeavored up to that tlmo to pre
vent her from learning tho wholo
truth.
Soon afterward, accompanied by his
brother, Joso Perez, and Mercedes
Madoro, a Bister of Francisco, Sonora
Madero drove to tho penitentiary, but
was refusod permission to seo tho
body of her husband.
Tho tragedy occurred shortly after
midnight. Madoro and Suarez, who
had been prisoners in tho national
palaco slnco tholr urrest on Tuesday
last, woro accompanied by another car
und escorted by 100 ruralos, undor
tho ordors of Commandant Francisco
Cardenas and Colonel Rafael Pim-
iento.
Veteran Printer Passes Away.
Omaha. Calvin D. Schulz who died
Saturday night at tho ago of 72 had
been a printer bIucq ho bejan on tho
Rockford, III., Republican lu 1856 at
tho age of 1G. In 18GC ho camo to
Council Bluffs, working on tho Bugle.
Two yeara later ho camo to Omaha,
working on tho Republican and tho
Herald and was forman of tho Herald
whon, with other union printers, ho
wont out on a strlko from all threo
dallies. Ho was hold In high regard
by tho prlntors and the Omaha Typo
graphical union will send flowers to
his funeral and two mombors for pall
bearers. Ho was comrado in Grand
Post, Grand Army of tho Republic,
and was an officer of St. Mark's
Luthoran church.
Million Dollar Fire In Columbus.
Columbus, Ga. Approximately
$1,000,000 Iobbob uro charged against
tho flro which destroyed tho plant of
tho Atlanta Compress company, tho
factory of tho Columbus Barrel com
pany und other property of lesBer val
uo. About 11,000 bnlos ot cotton wero
burned.
Little Graft In Washington.
Washington. Thero Is Iobs graft,
there is less scandal, police protection
1b hotter und nature appears moro
beautiful in Washington than in any
city In this country, President Tuft
deolured In a farewell speech tho
other day,
Plot to Break Out of Pen.
Carson City. Tho arrest of an ex
convict has led to tho discovery of an
organized plot for an outbreak at thu
penitentiary. Tho former convict told
tho story when arrcBtod.
Would "Nationalize" University.
Now York. In an effort to "nation
allzo" tho UnlvorBlty of Pennsylvania,
dologatoB represontlug 10,000 alumni
all over tho world met lu thlB city
rocontly. India, Chlnu and Brazil
woro among thu countries represented
at this gathorlng.
Sngar Co's Demurrer Sustained.
Now York. Federal Judge Coxe
sustained the demurrer of Iho Federal
Sugar Refining Co. in tho suit to re
cover ro. liquidated duties on imported
sugar aggregating $119,080.
BASEBALL AND UNIVERSITY.
Two Interesting Bills Coming Before
Legislature.
Two measures in which tho state at
largo is very much interested in will
come up In the house this week. Tho
first Is tho Sunday baseball bill, which
has been recommended for passage.
This bill is now tho second on gen
eral flic. When It Is brought before
tho commltteo of. tho whole, McKls
sick will ask that it be indefinitely
postponed and thero be substituted
for it, tho senate bill, which received
tho approval of the uppor body. Thero
is llttlo doubt but tho bill will pass
tho houso and It Is said to bo certain
that Governor Morehend will sign 1L
University Removal on Deck.
Tho question of university removal
will be taken up by tho houso later
und there promises to bo somo fight
on this, providing tho hduse members
recognize the bills when they aro read
and they havo tho energy to wake up
and get busy. Corbin at that tlmo will
bring up his resolution asking for the
appointment of a committee to confer
with the legal department of tho state
and prepare a contract to bind tho
city of Lincoln to put up the money
Its council has promised to buy land
for the downtown campus. This ac
tion of the council has cut both ways.
Eye on Main Chance.
It has shown to those members
whoso eyes are open that Lincoln
cares nothing for the university, ex- )
cept as a business nsset for tho town.
These- business men aro afraid If it is
consolidated with tho stato farm
another llttlo business town will start
up at tho farm and they will be un
able to get tho trade of all tho stu
dents. For that reason tho city coun
cil, acting under tho lash of tho big
business Interests, Is willing to tax
tho homo owner und tho day laborer
to tho amount of several hundred
thousand dollars in order to make bus
iness for tho big business intorestB.
Plan to Make Park.
In tho meantime, It is being hnnded
out to those In Lincoln who might be
opposed to this tax in the Interest of
tho big stores that Lincoln will uso
tho campus for a public park.
In other words, Lincoln Is to get a
public park at the expense ot tho
Btate. That is, tho Btate is to pay
only $200,000 for this Lincoln park.
One Lincoln paper camo out with a
Btory tho other afternoon that four
members of the Board of Regents had
decided to favor the downtown site
for tho school, when as a matter of
fact tho regents took no action on the
proposition mado by tho city council
Bills Passed by the House.
H. R. 83 By Anderson of Kearney:
Makes stato treasurer that stato fiscal
agent, and provides that all bonds of
political subdivisions shall be payablo
at his ofTlce. Passed 78 to 1.
H. R. 76 By Anderson of Kearney:
Prohibits marriage of whites to Chln
cbo or Japanese. Passed 85 to 0.
H. R. 19 By Busch: Makes It a
felony to destroy property valued at
over $35 and leaves it to djacretion of
Judge whether Jail sentence or fine Ib
imposed. Passed 89 to 0.
H. R. 127 By Druesdow: In re
plevin suits If sheriff cannot find
property, allows subpoena on defend
ant to appear before court to tell
whore property Is. Lost for lack of
constitutional majority voto being 47
to 38.
H. R. 20 By Richardson: Allows
railroads to transport property nnd
household goods of their employes or
express employes free of charge.
Passed 78 to 7.
H. R. 128 By Druesdow: If any
person hides property which has been
convoyod to another by mortgage, he
Is deemed guilty of a felony Defeated,
18 to 68.
H. R. 108 By Bollen: Proposed
constitutional amendment for publica
tion of constitutional amendments,
submitted to the people in pamphlet
form. Defeated: 52 ayes, 38 nays, 10
absent.
Bill Passed Lowering Wire Rates.
The bill reducing telegraph rates
between any two points In stato to
25 cents for ten words was unani
mously passed by tho house.
Tho houso also .passed tho Palmer
bill providing that no fraternal rates
bo changed until approved by a refer
endum voto of the members.
Tho senato passed the bill provid
ing that tho people of Omaha may
voto bonds to buy tho Auditorium and
orect a work-hoiiBe. A similar bill
passed tho house.
Campus Bill Turned Down.
The senate, by a voto ,of 9 to 21,
turned down tho house and tossed
ovor tho transom the offer of tho city
of Lincoln to give $200,000 for tho pur.
pose of extending the city campus of
tho stuto unlvorBlty By some the
city offer was declared to bo a brlbo
and by somo of the same persons it
was branded as no offer at all.
To Repeal Antl-Clgarette Law.
Tho houso bill to repeal the present
nntl-clgurotto law and to mako It a
misdemeanor to soil cigarettes to
porsons under 21 years of ago was
sent to the general fllo by tho retail
and commorce committee.
Manufacturera Boost Bill.
Sovcral hundred business men,
manufacturers nnd commission men
from Omaha, South Omaha, Lincoln
and other portions of the state Invad
ed tho 8tato capltol to bo present
whon tho senato Judicial commltlo
considered Busheo's bill providing for
tho garnishment of 25 per cent of the.
wages ot tho heads of families. Tho
visitors wanted tho amount open to
garnishment raised to 30 to 35 per
cent. The committee heard their reas
ons nnd a sharp tilt was engaged in
between McFarland and Grossman.
PRISON LABOR BILL
SENATE APPROVES MEASURE IN
TRODUCED BY DODGED
TO BENEFIT STATE
Dill Proposes That State Employ
Prisoners to Make Furniture,
Shoes, Etc.
The Dodgo bill to provide that In
mates of the Btnto prison nnd propos
ed stato reformatory be employed to
mako furniture, clothing, shoes, etc.,
for state Institutions, bo worked on
country roads, and that part of tholr
wages bo paid their dependant fami
lies, haB been approved by the senato.
Tho employment of tho men wob
left to tho now board of control, who
will havo full direction of tho work.
Tho object of the bill Ib- to abolish
tho present system of prison contract
labor and substitute- a method by
which the stato will receive direct
benefit from the men's work and the
men themselves will bo benefited.
At present men are hired by tho
prison contractors for 55 cents per
day per man, less than it costs the
stato to keep them. In consequence
priBon made goods can bo sold for
less than those made in free estab
lishments. Bills Passed by the Senate.
On third reading the senate passed
tho following bills:
Sonato File No. 51, by Saunders of
Douglas Provides that property left
with Jewelers for repair or alteration
may be levied upon as a Hen.
Senato Fllo No. 109, by Hoagland of
Lincoln Provides that water appro
priations and point of dlverbions of
Humes and ditches may be changed
upon authorization of Btate Irriga
tion board.
Senato Fllo No. 118, by Splrk of
Saline Makes it unlawful for hard
ware dealers to sell, give or lend fire
arms to persons under ago of 18 years.
Senate Fllo No. 127, by Hoagland of
Lincoln Amends civil code and
authorizes the assignment of cases in
action for the purpose of the assignee
maintaining suit thereon.
Senato File No. 132, by Heasty of
Jefferson Provides for sterilization
of habitual criminals.
Senato File No. 154 by Grossmatfn
of Douglas Makes it unlawful for
person to havo fraudulently Issued re
ceipt for fraternal dues In his posses
sion. Senato File No. 159, byTalcott ot
Knox Provides for sanitation and
upkeep of workshops, factories and
mills of tho state.
Senate File No. 175, by Haarmann
of Douglas Cuts of birth and death
reporting fees of Omaha registrars.
Senate File No. 191, by Dodge of
Douglas Physician member of Board
of Pardons to bo member of peniten
tiary medical board.
Senato Fllo No. 200, by Haarmann
of Douglas Pure Unseen oil bill.
Senate- File No. 204, by Talcott of
Knox Revokes cream testers' licens
es in case of law violation.
Senato Fllo No. 282, by Hoagland of
Lancaster Prohibits use of strych
nine or arsenic In embalming fluid.
Fourth Story for State House.
State Land Comlssioner Fred
Beckman Is investigating the cost of
adding another story to tho larger
portion of tho state house. The sen
ato recently asked for an ostlmuto of
the cost of fitting up tho basement as
for office rooms and received the an
swer from Bird Mlllor, superintendent
of construction of state buildings, say
ing it would cost $60,000 to do this
nnd fit up n few rooms near tho lowor
portion of tho dome and to put in a
passenger elevator.
Makes Governor's Term Fcur Years.
Tho houso has completed its part
of the task of Increasing 'the salary of
tho governor and extending Lis term
to, four years. Palmer's resolution to
submit a constitutional amendment
covering tho subject passed on third
reading, 80 to 12. Tho proposed
amendment makes tho governor In
ellblo to re-election nfter u four-year
term nnd raises Ills -his salary from
$2,500 to $5,000 n year.
Neswpaper Advertising.
A bill by Dodge of Douglas, which
provides that politicians running for
ofllco shall not bo compelled to pay
any more for advertising than the reg
ular display rates charged tho com
mon people, was passed by a vote of
19 to 10.
Mallery's Bill Passes Houscv
By a voto of only 55 to 33, tho houso
commltteo of the wholo approved
Mallery's bill for u constitutional con
vention to revise tho organic law of
tho state.
' Governor Imports Superintendent.
Governor Morehead Justifies his
action in going outside of the state
for a superintendent of the Institute
for feeble-minded youth at Beatrice
by saying that Dr. W. S. Fast of St.
Joseph, Mo., 1b really a Nobraskn
prodect.
House Passes Lee Bill.
Tho houso has passed tho Leo bill
permitting tho city council of Omaha
to voto $50,000 for park Improvements
and to construct a work houso.
Nt.SRASKA IN BRIEF.
Coming Events In Nebraska.
Feb. 24 to March 1. Omaha Auto,
mobllo Show, Omaha. V
March 5 to 15 "Mado-in-Nebraska"
Show, Omaha.
Marcli 11 to 14 Convention Feder
ation Nebraska Retailers, Omaha,
The Y. M. C A. will erect . new
building at Hu clock.
Merrick county's new court houso
Is nearlng completion,
Henrtwcll recently had a destruct
ive fire.
Tho farmers of Thayer havo organ
ized a Farmers' Institute.
Tho Loyal Order of Mooso held Its.
annual fair In Omaha recently.
Georgo Allen, a prominent and
widely known stock raiser of Lexing
ton, is dead.
Tho contract for tho construction of
tho new court house at Greeley has
been awarded.
Work on the route of tho Fremont
power canal will bo begun at an early
date.
Wm. M. Jones, who died decently
at Rulo, was the oldest man In that '
:ounty.
Several small bridges on tho Platte
river near Fremont havo been wash
ed away.
Sugar beet growers In the Scotts
oluff country aro making contracts
tor the 1913 crdps.
MIfh Ethel McCabo, who was hurt
in an automobile wreck, at Tekamah.
recently, died as n result.
W.;D. Guttcry of Pilger has been,
appointed first assistant superintend
Bht at the Norfolk Insane asylum.
A few women of Beatrice met and
organized the Beatrice auxiliary to the
Nebraska State Suffrage association.
-Tho Platte river at North Bend is
oank full and running over the Ice
md through well worn channols.
At Kearney an election has been
ordered to issuo $40,000 in bondB for
tho improvement of city parks.
Tho Broken Bow High school basket
oall team was defeated at Aurora by
tho city Y. M. C. A. team by a score
of 25 to 20.
John Harper, while chopping dow:it
& large oak tree southeast of Arling
ton, found a cannonball weighing
aearly six pounds.
The use of liquor by Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street Car company
employes is absolutely forbidden in
in order recently posted.
Food Commissioner Harman 1b ar
ranging plans to have a pure food nnd
pure seed special tour tho state of
Nebraska In a few weeks.
A suffragist club was recently or- ,
ganlzed at Nehawka, with a rostor of
sixty-three, and the pledges of some
Sfteen or twenty more.
Dr. W. S. Fast of St. Joseph has
oeen appointed superintendent of tho
Feeble-Minded Institute; at Beatrice-.
oy Governor Morehead.
No trace of Charles Frost, tho boy
who disappeared from Seward, aftor
believing that ho had fatally injured!
i fellow student, has been found.
Fivo solid tralnB more than 209
cars all loaded with dressed meats
from the South Omaha packing
houses, went east out of Omaha re
cently. Fire that had Us origin In a de
fective lighting plant gutted tho gen
eral store of D. W. Butler at Hemlng
ford. Water and smoke makes loss
on stock almost complete.
Frederick Small, a' 9.year-old sort
of H. A. Small, of Kearney, was badly
hurt when he fell from a flro escapo
while going through tho fire drill ex
ercises at the school house.
Albert Martin was brought to trial
and found guilty of tho forging of sev
eral checks in Kearney some tlmo
ago, nt tho sitting of tho district
court in thnt city.
Ten mall cars, all constructed from
-he newest specifications furnished by
tho United States railway mall depart
ment, have been received In Omaha
by tho Union Pacific.
Congressman-elect Silas R. Barton,
3f tho Fifth Nebraska district and
Miss Ellon T. Metcalfe wero married
at the home of the parents of the
bride near Lincoln recently.
An amendment to the Federal pub
lic building bill to sot asldo $2,000 for
seeding, sodding and the construction
of walks around tho Beatrlco post
office has been offered by Senator
Brown.
Topeka and St. Joseph figured In a
deal whereby St. Joseph acquires
Pitcher McGrath by purchase. Mc
last year. Tho Denver-St. Joseph
deal, Involving Playors Lindsay and
Rellly, was all but declared off. Sioux
City 1b after First Baseman Lindsay
and may acquire him by purchase
from Denver.
Little 10-year-old George Moles 1b
lying In a precarious condition at tho
homo of his parents, six miles north
east of Fnlrbury, with a bullet lodged
In his left breast. In company with
IiIb brother. Wllllard, und several
other companions, they wero playing
In tho yard with a twenty-two callbtlr
rifle nnd in some manner the weapon
was accidentally discharged.
Mrs. Mapglo Davis, who killed Ira
Churchill near Coleridge, on Novem
ber 2, 1910, was discharged by District
Judge Welch from tho Norfolk Insane
hospital nfter an Insanity commission
named by the court had reaffirmed Its
former decision thnt Mrs. Davis la
sane.
Governor Morehead has announced
tho following appointments E. Bur
gess, farmer, Grand Island Soldiers'
homo William SanduBky, Pleasant
dale, physician at Mllford Industrial
horn. Dr. Deogrey, physician, Mil.
ford Soldiers' home. Anna Wheolan
York, secretary to game warden.
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