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General Readers.
CONGRESS.
The Bcnato passed tbo
academy appropriation bill
military
carrying
$1,125,000.
Senate- passed over president's voto
Webb bill to prohibit shipment of
liquor to dry states.
Senator Sheppard Introduced a bill
to forbid chango of slzo and color of
present paper money.
Senate- passed naval appropriation
bill, with on amondmont to authorize
tho construction of two battleships.
The democratic forces havo takon
charge of tho United States senate,
elected now offlcera to preside over
that body and paved tho way for tho
reorganization of committees and a
pew control of legislative affairs.
Appropriations of tho laBt Bosslon
of congress, Including tho sundry
civil and tho Indian appropriation
bills which aro to bo put through nt
tho coming extra session, aggregated
$1,098,647,960.
Tho setiato conflrmod tho appoint
ments mado by President Wilson of
Daniel O. Roper, South Carolina, first
assistant postmaster general; Aloxan
ilor M, Dockcry, Missouri, third as
VsUuit postmaster general, and James
L Blakesloc, Pennsylvania, fourth us
(Istant postmaster general.
Tho sonata virtually dolled tho
tuthority of tho United States court
at Now Orleans to compel Senator
William Aldon Smith to surrender pa
pers In hlB poBsosslon bearing on al
leged Mexican erosion of tho neutrali
ty lawa. Tho oubppona served on
Sonator Smith was presented by him
to tho sonato and roforrod to Its Ju
diciary committee. It will not bo rec
ognized. Sonator Benjamin R. Tillman of
South Carolina lost his long and hard
fight for tho chairmanship of tho
powerful sonato commlttoo on appro
priations. Tho democratic commlt
too HaU completed by tho steorlng
commlttoo beaded by Sonator Kern
Records tho appropriations chairman
ship to Senator Martin of Virginia
and places Sonator Tillman at tho
head of tho commlttoo on navel
affairs.
GENERAL.
Owen Conn, tho "$100,000 burglar"
of San .Francisco, Is bo seriously
wounded that ho may dlo.
"Colonel" Ida Craft, who walked
1C0 miles to Albany and 258 to Wash
ington In tho lntorost of equal suf
frage has organized tho "VotoB for
Women. Walking club."
Ton persons woro fatnlly lnjurod
and forty-six seriously hurt in a pan
ic caused by tho explosion of a mov
ing picture apparatus in a small up
stairs theater In Vcrin, Franco.
A conBcIonco-strlckon thlof, who
iitolo an ovorcoat from II. E. Morgan
at tho Whlto Tomplo church In Port
land, Oro roturned a tcstamont found
In ono of tho pockots.
Robert W. Pratt of Orogon Imb re
ceived 210 pounds of automobllo parts
and accessories, chipped by parcel
post. In twonty-ono paokagos, for
$21.10.
The death list In tho storm that
swept sovorol Bouthorn states recent
ly Iibb boon ralBod to thlrty-threo. Lat
est reportB of llfo loss came from noar
'Atlanta, whero Ave woro klllod.
Rev. Martin F. CappB, a Mothodist
preacher, was convicted and sen
tenced to death by a Jury In tho cir
cuit court at Fort Smith, Ark., on tho
charge of having burned to death his
throo motherless chlldrou. Tho de
fendant appeared unconcerned when
tho verdict was rood.
That tho entire potato crop of tho
Irrigated districts In tho west Is In
danger of complete annihilation
through strango plant diseasos, not
only for this yoar but for all coming
years, was tho statement made by Dr.
Eugene H. Gmbb, tho potato expert
of Carbondalo, Colo.
Four sophmoros at tho South Caro
lina state university, Styron, Oldham,
Morrlman and Hatch, will bo placed
on trial for manslaughter at IIUIb
boro in connection with tho death of
Isaac W. Rand, a freshman, In Sep
tember, 1912. Death was caused from
hazing.
Evory available vessel in tho Key
West harbor has gono to tho assist
ance of tho British steamer Lugano,
ashoro on AJax reef, with a cargo of
silks, wines and gonoral merchan
dise estimated to bo worth a million
dollars.
Two stato senators havo laid claim
to tho ofilco of governor of Arkansas
find each established an ofilco at tho
capltol.
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck, an Epis
copal missionary, left Fairbanks, Alas
ka, rooontly, wltli throo companions
to make an attempt to reach the sum
mit of Mount McKlnloy.
FBOIBBllTS
Largo Insurance policies aro being
placed j$n tho risk of war among tho
powers in six months.
A Vienna dispatch to tho London
Express reports tho drowning of
sixty-eight women by tho swamping
of a boat on Lake Scutari.
Canteens will not be restored to
army poets.
Because his negro chauffeur was
fined for speeding, Governor Bloasc of
South Carolina threatened to put the
city of Columbia under mnrtlal law.
Tho threatened striko of all tho Lon
don bakors has been averted. Tho
men naked for higher wages, bettor
conditions and Bhortcr hourB. Tho
board of trado has intervened.
Twonty-flvo men who havo had ex
perience with gas englnos which will
onable them to more readily learn tho
management of aeroplanes havo been
ordered from Fort Omaha to Galves
ton. Charles L. Bowdory, 50 yearB of
age, a French-Canadian, who carried
tho mall betweon Cold bay and Nusha
gak, Alaska, and who was tho only
whlto man in tho district, was mur
dered by Indians recently.
Tho latest exploit of tho militant
suffragettes in London Is the oblitera
tion of tho names on tho gate posts,
by which houses In tho residential
Btrects aro distinguished. Armed with
pots of tar and brushes thoy raided
tho Richmond district, disfiguring
many houses.
Franklin K. Lano, secretary of tho
Interior, has been ntado an Indian
chief. Ho had bestowed upon him
recently the titlo of "Lone Chief" by
a delegation of Blackfeet Indians
from Montana, who called to present
him with a pipe of peaco and a buck
skin tobacco bag.
A working woman needs $8.90 a
week to support horsolf In Milwaukee.
This 1b tho opinion expressed by tho
Boclal servico of tho Mllwaukeo Fed
eration of Charities in a report made
public. Tho commlttoo urges young
womon who expect to support them
selves to keep away from tho city.
Tho Independent Harvester com
pany,, capitalized at $10,000,000, with
a plant at Piano, 111., with Block most
ly held by farmers, Is being Investi
gated by tho postofflco dopartmont.
Stockholders havo complained that
$6,000,000 or $7,000,000 in stock has
boon Bold, whereas, they assert, the
assets of Urn company do not exceed
ovor $1,000,000.
Aftor April 1 tho iBthmalan Canal
commission will place obstacles In
tho way of employes intending to
bring their families to tho isthmus bj
withdrawing tho present reduced
rates of transportation. This action
is rondored necessary by reason ol
the serious congestion In tho em
ployes' quarters In towns In tho ca
nal zone. '
Tho Blldo on tho oast bank of the
Culobra cut, Which first moved Into
tho cut on tho night of February 5 has
mado another rapid movoment down
ward toward tho canal. It pushed
tUo bottom of tho cut near tho center
for a distanco of 1,000 feet to a vor
tical holght or thirty foot, destroying
flvo trackB and overturning two steam
shovola. There Is now only ono con
struction track in oporatlon.
Socrotary of 'tho Navy Daniels hai
announced that ho would seek to have
tho Incoming congrcsB extend the
provision of tho law of 1903, author
izing tho appointment of two mid.
shlpmon to tho naval academy overy
four years by oaoh sonator, represen
tative and dologato In congress. This
law oxplrcs this year and unless It
Is extended the number of appoint
ments to tho academy will bo cut In
half.
Ovornight, bo to speak, a HttU
Amorlcan city, the population of
which Is now estimated to bo about
13',000, will grow Into a city of more
than 00,000. Tho city in question 1b
Gettysburg, Fa., and Its overnight
growth Into a city of more than (If toon
times Us present size Is olllclnlly
scheduled for July 1, noxt, tho day on
which will bogln tho groat Union
Confederate encampment on tho his
toric battlefields that havp mado this
llttlo Pennsylvania town Immortal.
SPORT.
Wllllo Ritchie of Chicago, light
weight champion, has announced
that ho would glvo Pnckey McFarland
tho first chance nt tho title, provided
Packoy agreod to weigh in nt 133
pounds b!k hourB boforo tho bout.
John Paul Joiicb, Cornell's crnck
ono-mllo runnor, lowored tho board
traok rocord In practico, running tho
mllo In 4:22. This is six seconds bet
tor than his rocord.
Leach Cross knocked out Joo Man
dot lu tho tonth round of tholr sched
uled ten-round light In Now' Orleans,
B. Wnrron Cockran of the Balti
more Country dub dofoatod William
C. Fownos Jr., of Pittsburg, former na
tional golf champion, for tho presi
dent's trophy In the ninth annual golf
tournament at Plnohurst, N. C.
Tho only Western longuo foams
that will train at homo this spring aro
Des Molnos and St. Joo. Tho six
other clubs will bo in tho southland,
whero they expect to get tho benefit
of tho warmor weather.
Reports from Homo aro to tho ef
fect that the condition of Pope Plus
Ib Improved.
Twenty persons woro killed or seri
ously Injured by a destructive cyclone
at Buenos Aires. Tho property dam
ago Is very heavy,
Naval enlistments at recruiting sta
tions last month oxceod thoso for Feb
ruary of last yoar by 171 men.
Gunboat Smith, tho California
hcavywolght, knocked out Bombardloi
Wells, heavyweight champion of Eng
land, in the second round of a
scheduled ten-round bout at Madison
Square Garden, New York.
NOTABLE VICTORY
FOR IHE PEOPLE
Upsetting of Western Classifica
tion 51 Means Much.
RAILROADS LOSE BIG CASE
Crvlrman Thorne of Iowa Commis
sion Tells How the Shippers and
Consumers of the West Bene
fit by the Decision.
Des Moines, la., March 13. -The peo
ple of tho United States havo had
Iowa to thank for a number of ex
cellent things, and to tho list must
bo now added an achievement that
means a great deal to tho shippers of
tho ontlro west from tho Mlsslslppl
to tho Paqlflc. Especially aro those
shippers under obligations to the Iowa
stato board of railroad commissioners
and Us chairman, Clifford Thorne.
This achievement Is tho suspension
and rovision, by tho lntcrstato com
merce commission, of an entiro freight
classification, known as Western clas
sification No. Gl, nnd on March 31 tho
several hundred changes mado to con
form to tho commission's ordor will
go into effect. Shippers and consum
ers nllko will benefit by the revision.
Iowa Leads the Fight.
Iowa's commission was by no means
alono In tho good work, but It took
tho initiative In the case and assumod
tho chlor part of tho burden of pro
paring nnd trying It. Sixteen western
state railroad commissions united In
tho fight, and Mr. Thome was tho
chairman of tho committee represent
ing them. He gives much credit to
Benjamin L. Jncobson, who had gen
eral charge of gathering tho evldenco
and preparing tho specific cases for
trial, and to A. D. Deals, Iowa'a rato
expert.
Mr. Thorno today had this to say of
tho big caso and its outcomo:
"Ono day during tho summor of 1911
I was seated in a hotel parlor in Mil
wriukoo, In ono end of tho room there
wero sixteen men In thoir shlrtslooves,
talking and listening occasionally to
a person standing In tho center of tho
room; two or throo minutes were al
lowed to tho gentleman talking; he
took his seat and another person told
a short story; and so on, during the
courso of tho whole dny.
Powerful Group of Men.
"This umall group of men exercised
more power than any other Blmllar
group, perhaps, In tho United States.
Somo nine hundred railroads, largo
and small, Interested In traffic bo
tween tho Mlsslslppl rlvor and tho Pa
cific coast, have organized what thoy
call a western classification commit
tee of about eighty-five membors.
Thoso eighty-five men have selected a
BUb-committoo of sixteen mon. This
sub-committee, which Is dominated by
one or two Individuals, determines the
freight ratings on over 7,000 articles,
on which 35,000,000 people havo to
pay trafllo between about 20,000
towns, located between tho Mississip
pi river and tho Pacific coast This
Is ono of tho throo Important classifi
cation commlttoes In America, tho
other two bolng the official, covering
tho northeastern portion of tho Unit
cd States, and the Southern.
"For tho first time In tho history of
Amorlcan railroads an entire classifi
cation of one of these three great
frolght classification commlttoes has
boon suspended by tho federal govern
ment. And tho commltteo I havo de
scribed has been making a rovision of
Its former work, In accordance with
tho decision which wna rondored by
the Interstate commorco commission
recently, known as tho doclslon In tho
caso of Western classification No. 51.
Tho railroads havo Just submitted to
tho commission a list of several hun
dred changes In this classification to
conform to tho commission's order.and
tneso will go into effect March 31.
Tho opinion in this caso, noxt to tho
ono renderod In tho express case, la
perhaps tho Iongost ever written by
tho lntorstato commorco commission.
The caso Is of natlonnl Importance.
Many of Its features are unique, and
of profound concern to tho consumers
of the country.
Sixteen States United.
"Many shippers and shippers' or
ganizations wero parties to this caso.
But perhaps the most Interesting fea
ture was tho fact that on bohalf of
tho consumers tho railroad commis
sions of sixteen great states appear
ed. Thoso states wero Illinois, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Toxas, Okla
homa, Nobraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Colorado, Nevada. Washing
ton and Oregon. On tho one hand we
had tho representatives of Borne nine
hundred railroads, and opposed to
them tho representatives of slxteon
stnto governments, with tho lntorstato
commorco commission as tho deciding
tribunal. Tho hearing In tho case
lasted about n yoar.
"Westorn Classification No. 51 In
Books Speak.
BookB carry with them a charm of
tholr own. Thoy spoak of cosy indraw
tngs about tho evening lamp. Few
things add bo much of warmth and
llvoablenoss to a room as sholves of
"used" books.
Saving Time.
"Roosevelt Named for 1916." But
why stop there? Why not for 1920,
1924 and 19287 It would savo both
tlmo and tho cost of holding conven
tions. Now York Evonlng Post
volves more changes than any other
tariff publication ever Issued by Amer
ican railroads. Tho work dono In
preparation for this issuo Is said to
havo cost the railroads approximately
$500,000.
Most Important Phases.
"Of tho many phases of tho deci
sion tho first In importance aro the
rules and regulations. Tho carriers
proposed many changes. These are
appllcablo to every city, town nnd
hamlet west of the Mlsslslppl river.
Tho stato commissions made objec
tions to fourteen of these rules, nnd
changes wero mado or ordered In
twelve of them.
"A concreto illustration of these
concorns tho dunnage allowance.
Prior to tho Issuance of No. 51, tho
carriers permitted tho shippers to use
lumbor and boards to prop up machin
ery In a car, tho railroads hauling 600
pounds of such lumber free of charge.
No. 51 abolished tho dunnago privi
lege, nnd tho commission ordered It
reinstated. When ono considers tho
thousands of shipments that are mado
annually, tho Importance of such a
ruling can bo appreciated.
"Another change of Importance to
the westorn half of tho United States
concerns greon hides. Tho carriers
put In n rulo permitting them to re
fuse to take green hides for shipment
We pointed out that thoy could be
stored or handled In live stock cars,
and not contaminate other commodi
ties, and claimed that tho carriers
should bo compolled to accept tho
same for transportation. Our position
was sustained by tho commission.
Minimum Rate Ruling.
"Several hundred ndvances wore
proposed by the railroads In minimum
weights. They announced tholr pol
icy to bo the establishment of mini
mums upon tho physical capacity of
tho cars, refusing to take Into consid
eration tho commercial conditions
surrounding tho transportation.
Carload Mixtures.
"One of tho most important "parts of
this case concerns carload mlxturos.
Tho carriors proposed tho elimination
of carload mixtures on 234 articles,
and. proposed changes restricting car
load mixtures on more than three hun
dred othor articles. One of the most
Important changes affecting carload
mixtures, which serves as an Illustra
tion of tho' effect of such changes,
concorns binding twine. Prior to the
Issuance of No. 51, tho carriers per
mitted binding twine to bo shipped
alxed with agricultural Implements,
all of which took carload rates. In
No. 51, they proposed to apply less
than carload rates on all shipments of
binding twine mado In this manner.
This would havo caused an advance
of about ono hundred per cent In tho
freight rates on binding twlno, and
more than ninety per cent of all bind
ing twlno shipments, we wero told
by the largest shippers In tho coun
try, would be affected by this hundred
per cent advance.
. "As indicating the policy of the
carriors, thirty-two articles had car
load mixtures granted to them while
ovor flvo hundred articles wore totally
eliminated from carload mixtures, or
tho mixtures wero changed or re
stricted. The interstate commerce
commission has ordered the carriers
to pursue diametrically the opposite
course. Instead of restricting mix
tures, they are Instructed to make
them more liberal.
"In addition to these changes In
rules, tho commission mado specific
orders disapproving advances on a
long list of articles. Tho decision In
this case Is tho most epoch-making
on claslflcatlon matters ever render
ed by tho Interstate commorco com
mission." MUST LOVE THE LITTLE FOLK
Otherwise the Girl Who Adopts Pro
fession of Children's Nurse
Willi Not Succeed.
Tho great essention for any girl
adopting the profession of children's
nurso Is that she must have a great
love for tho weo folk, to bo able to
enter into their feelings, td sympa
thize with their sorrows and Joys. A
child's nurse must not bo a cynic.
She must know tho importance of lit
tle things to' children, must know
that the molehills of grown-ups are
tho mountains of boys nnd girls. Now
adays tho children's nurso must bo a
comrade nnd companion as well as
mentor to her young charges, but the
latter rolo must never bo over-emphasized.
It is well, too, for any girl desiring
to becomo a nurse of this kind to go
Bomewhore and obtain the proper
training for tho position. It Is a big
advantage when seeking employment.
Briefly, tho nurse of children must
bo ablo to superintend the children's
health, their good, their clothes and
tholr lessons not nt all onerous du
ties to the girl who is fond of chil
dren. Exchange.
Not Long to Walt.
Bumble Why didn't you get on the
water wagon?
Rumble No seats left.
Bumble Oh, well, if you persist In
tho notion, you will find n seat later.
Judgo.
Removing Grease From Paint.
A paste mado from ordinary whiting
applied wet and permitted to dry be
foro It is rubbed off, will remove
grease from paint without injuring
tho lattor.
His Position.
Ho was a minister of the old (school
and was catechizing the chlldron on
tholr biblical knowledge. "Who was
iBaaoT" at longth he asked. "Please,
sir," roplled a small girl eagerly
"Pleoso, sir, ho was Jlebokah's man."
NEER
BLAMED
B.P.
BOARD HOLDS WEINBERGER RE
8P0NSIBLE FOR LOSS OF LIFE.
E PEOPLE WERE KILLED
Report Shows Safety Appliances Were
All Working Should Have Stopped
Before Wreck Occurred.
Gothenburg, Neb. Responsibility
for the wreck on tho Union Pacific
railroad at Gothenburg Friday morn
ing, which cost the lives of four per
sons and caused Injuries to a score,
was placed on John Weinberger, en
gineer of train No. 12, by a board of
Inquiry which concluded Its investiga
tion and announced its decision.
Mention is made of the fact that a
severe blizzard was prevailing at the
time. The report says that all tho
safety appliances In uso on the rail
road were working perfectly. Train
No. 12 ran Into tho rear end of No. 4.
The board's Inquiry constituted tho
official investigation of the railroad.
The Teport follows:
"Tho board of inquiry convened at
Gothenburg March 15, 1913, for tho
purpose of placing responsibility for
tho wreck between Union Pacific
trains No. 12 and No. 4 at Gothen
burg, Neb., at 3:37 a. m., March 14,
finds after a thorough Investigation
into all tho facta and circumstances
In connection with said accident and
after an exhaustive examination of all
tho witnesses having knowledge In re
gard to same:
"That at tho time of the accident
an extraordinary and unusual blizzard
was prevailing at and In tho vicinity
of Gothenburg;
"That the safety appliances for the
safety of travel on Bald railroad of the
Union Pacific Railroad company were
oporatlng perfectly at the tlmo;
"That the cause of the accident was
duo to tho failure of the engineer,
John Weinberger, of train No. 12, to
properly observe tho slgnalB and place
his train under control passing tho
Becond block signal west of Gothen
burg, the distance signal, and the fail
ure to stop at the block signal lq
cated 1,100 feet west of the point of
tho accident.
"CHARLES WARE,
'Genpral Manager of tho Union Pa
cific Railroad.
"W. R. CAHILL,
"Superintendent of the Union Pacific
Railroad.
"W. C. MAY,
"General Manager of the Gothenburg
Telephone company.
"G. C. HAMPTON,
"Cashier of tho Gothenburg National
Bank."
Members Hall and Clarke of tho
Stato Railroad commission and a rep.
resentatlvo of tho Interstate Com
merce commission also heard tho tes
timony. They went to Sidney for the
Inquiry Into the wreck at Herndon.
Flvo dead and two Injured tells tho
atory of tho freight wreck at Hordon
station Friday morning on tho main
lino of tho Union Pacific. The terrible
blizzard Interfered with telegraph
service to such a degree that local of
,flclals wero not suro of the list of
casualties until Sunday afternoon.
Besides Conductor Phillips and
Brakoman Cradlt three men wero
killed in tho caboose of tho s,tock
train which was rammed by tho
special freight Ono of these has been
identified as James Mulligan, a stock
man from Filer, Idaho. The other two
have not boon identified. Ono was a
young man who was "beating" his
way from California to Zion City, 111.,
whore ho has relatives. Tho stock
men invited him to come Into the ca
booso at Granger, Wyo. Tho fifth
dead man had shipped stock from
Buhl, Idaho, and has relatives there.
Ho had sent his personal effects ahead
to Kearney, Nob.
Thieves Get $125,000 In Jewelry.
Now York. An East sldo burglary,
perpotated by clover cracksmen somo
tlmo Sunday, netted the thloves the
largest haul obtained In Now York
City In many years. Martin Simons
& Sons, pawnbrokers in Hester
streot, wero tho victims and the prop
erty Includes $25,000 worth of Jewelry,
diamonds and other precious stones
and $100,000 worth of negotiable so
curtlos. Smoke One Million Cigars Dally.
Chicago; Chicago men smoke ono
million cigars a day and the cost per
man avorages $22 a year, nccording
to a report of tho Chicago association
of commerce.
Frledmann to Make Address.
Ottowa, Ont Dr. Frledmann, fa
mous as tho discoverer of a possible
cure for tuberculosis, has accepted
an invitation to deliver an address be
fore tho Canadian association for tho
prevention of tuborculosls nt their an
nual convention,
Troops Must Not Shoot.
Washington. American troops on
the Moxlcan border have been for
bidden to return tho flro of Mexican
troops except on specific authoriza
tion from the war department
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WRECK
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Coming Events In Nebraska.
April l and 2. Stato Yeomen Con
clave, Lihcoln.
April 4 and 5 Annual Y. M. C. A,
Indoor Athletic meet, Omaha.
May 8 to 10 Annual Convention.
Mississippi Valloy Historical Associa
tion, Omaha.
May 20, 21 nnd 22. Thlrty-seventbv
Encampment G. A. R., Fremont.
Tho Missouri river at Omaha Is now
clear of Ice.
Tho March term of District court la
in session at Beatrice.
A bible institute Is in progress at
tho Y. M. C. A. at Fremont.
A Chautauqua will be held In Mc
Cook next summer.
Central City Commercial club's an
nual banquet will take place March 28.
Morris Horton, a resident of Tablo
Rock and vicinity for forty years is
dead. A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge will meet
In Hastings May 13 for a three-dayB
session.
The Platte river was out of Its
banks recently between Fremont and
Mercer.
Arrangements have been mado for
tho erection of an artificial Ice plant
nt North Platte.
About 1.27 inches of rain fell at Go
nevn Thursday afternoon thoroughly
eoaklng tho ground.
Hastings expects more than 200 to '
attend tho annual banquet of tho
Chamber of Commerce
Twolvo robberies and ono attempt,
at highway robbery is tho record for
tho past ten days In Lincoln.
A barn belonging to Mrs. Charles.
Schuck, who lives at Inland, wae
completely destroyed by fire.
The proposed issue of $30,000 in
bonds for a new high school at Lo up
City was defeated by two votes.
Ground has been broken and the
foundation laid for a large two-story
garage to bo built this spring at Kear
ney. At a special meeting hold at Has
tings tho school district voted In fa
vor of bonds to construct ' a $28,000
school building.
Since tho close of tho basketball
season at Bellevue the students have
turned thoir efforts to the spring ath
letics, baseball and track.
Woodmen Circles ovor the state
will hold elections In April to name
delegates to tho national convention
In Springfield, 111.
The engineering department of the
Burllngton will be moved from Lin
coln to Omaha, according to an offlclal
announcement
For brutally beating his 5-year-olcr
child, George Smith of Omaha was
sentenced to thirty '( n the Doug
las county Jail.
Three hundred high school athletes
5f Nebraska were guests of the Lin
coln Commercial club at a banquet
Friday night.
Tho twenty-fifth annual session of
Che Seward county Sunday school as
sociation was held at tho Methodist
church1 In Seward.
Bert Pickrel pleaded guilty to sec
ond degreo murder at Seward and
was sentenced to twenty-five years in
the penitentiary.
R. A. Smith, of the university of
Nebraska, was elected president of
the studont Y, M. C. A. at tho an
nual general election.
Garfield A. Drocker, supposed to
have been blown off tho Platte bridge
at North Platte, was found in a Bhan
ty on tho east end of the bridge.
Tho ban has been lifted from the
:ounty Jail at Beatrice, which has
been quarantined for the past threo
weeks on account of smallpox,
Tho basket ball game played at
Kearney between tho State Normal
and the Hastings college resulted Ja
the defeat of the visitors, 40 to 15.
A. E. Anderson of tho state school
Df agriculture has been selected as
farm demonstrator by tho Seward
lounty farm management association.
A movement has been put on foot
oy tho Kearney Commercial club to
secure for that city the meeting of
the Nebraska educational association
noxt year.
L. G. Bernls of Wymore, whllo em
ployed on the Burlington bridge
south of Fremont, .suffered painful
injuries 'when a heavy piece of pil
ing fell on him.
Vice Consul D, E.- Young, who for
merly lived nt Firth and is now sta
tioned at Amsterdam, Is Booking pro
motion to a consulship under the now
administration.
Nebraska has 54,000 acres of
orchards and Nebraska and three
states in tho west north central fruit
district, raise 21,000,000 bushels of ap
ples a year.
At a congregational meeting of the
Presbyterian church of Madison it
was voted to erect a now church In
tho' nenr future, tho cost not to ex
ceed $15,000.
Louis Neal, an electrical lineman,
who since" last November has been
employed at Wnverly, Is in the coun
ty jdll at Lincoln and will be returned
to Illinois on a charge of forgery.
The Plattsmouth lodge of the
Knights nnd LadleB of Security cele
brated their seventeenth anniversary
recently.
Senator Hitchcock hns received
fronvJohn Polian, socrotary of the
Omaha Central Labor union, a pro
test on behalf of union cigarmakers
against a reduction In the duty on
cigars.
At tho first meeting of the board
of directors of the newly organized
Eastern Fruit Growers' association,
which was held at Auburn, Ernest M.
Pollard of Nehawka was elected president.
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