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- THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARE, Publlslior. TERMS' $1.00 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. FOR IHE BUSY NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN 800N DE COMPA8SED. Y EVENTS ARE MENTIONED Home and Foreign Intelligence Con densed Into Two and Four ' Line Paragraphs. CONQRE88. Progressive Representative Victor Murdock of Kansas wns unanimously elected by tho progreslvo caucus aa Its candldato for Bpcakor of tho houso. Tho United States government has decided to rccognlzo tho Chlncso re public. Secretary Dryan conferred with President Wilson for nearly an hour at tho Whito houso completing tho detallB. Recognition of tho Chlnlso republic nnd the Phllipplno question has como prominently boforo tho cabinet. Tho president and his advisers discussed tho advisability of early recognition of tho Ohlncso republic, and thero is every likelihood that tho United Btatcs will bo first of tho great pow ers to tako that step. Tho democratic tariff revision bill was comploted Saturday with tbo ex ception of a final decision on tho su gar tariff. From beginning to end It Is a measure modeled In accord with tho IdeaB of President Wilson, with wool, tneats and many other foodstuffs and clothing materials on tho freo list; with low duties upon nil agricultural froducts and foodstuffs that aro not freo; and with tho tariff on chemical, steel and othor commorcial products rut far below tho prosent protoctlvo rates, Tho money In tho treasury Is again celng counted, but this time, with tho exception of tho call In tho teller's room, It Is being counted by bundles. Should tho ploqo by ploco count bo adopted it Is estimated It would tako six months to do tho Job. With tho Induction into tho office of a now treasurer of tho United States, tho money In tho troasury lias to bo checked up, and tho induction of ex- Oovernor Burko of North Dakota, as treasurer undor Prosldont Wilson, has proven no exception to tho rulo. GENERAL. J. C. Collins, a negro, tho slayer of Sheriff Thomas Courtnoy of Shorldan county, Montana, waB taken from the Jail at Mondak and lynched. Connecticut woman suffraglstB lost their fight for equal suffrngo when tho houso voted, ISO to 74,. to accept tho unfavorable roport of tho committoo on constitutional amendments, A military aviator, Sorgo Phansoux, was killed at Amiens, Franco. Ho had Just arrived from Rholms nnd made an orror of Judgment In landing. Tho machlno tilted and tho aviator was thrown out. Tho Tonnossoo senato concurred in i houso resolution ratifying tho fed oral constitutional amondmont provid ing for election of Unltod States sen ators by popular vote. Two aro dead and ton sorlously In jured as tho result of a head-on col lision between two Burlington pnsson Eor trains flvo miles east of Sherldnn, Wyo. Dr. F, F. Friodmnnn Iuib nnnouncod that, within a fow days or a weok, all roputablo American physicians will bo able to socuro his turtle bacllla cul ture for treatment of tuborculosls In all parts of Uio country. H. D, Wronn of Now York, president if tho United States National Lawn Tennis association, lmn announced that ho rocolvod acceptance from R. W Williams, W. F. Johnson of Phla dolphia, H. H . Uaokott of Now York and R. D. Llttlo of Now York to com poto in tho trial matchoB for placos on tho Amorlcan Davis cup town Tp satlpfy all factions in tho Moxl san melee General Iluorta has agreed to tho naming of Pedro Lascuraln aa provisional prosldont, mild advices re ceived In El Paso, Tox., directly from tho Moxlcan capital. Lascuraln will rerve out tho uncompleted torm of tho luto President Madoro, Tho sentence In London of throo years' ponal sorvltudo Imposed on Mrs. lTinmellno Pankhurst, tho loader of thn militant suffragettes, for Inciting her followers to destroy property has aroused tho militant auffragettoB to fury and they threaten strong repris als. The four automobllo bandits con fined In tho prison Do La Sauto, France, under sentence of death on Uio guillotine, wore searched by war dens and wero found to hnvo hidden In their clothing sufficient poison to kill fifty porsons. Rain or snow, according to roportB to the rallronds has boon general over all of Nebraska, northern Kansas, Col orado and Wyoming. It has not beon cold and tomperatureB havo rangod from freezing to 40 nnd CO degrees above zero. Although Fullor A, Cathaway, mill ownor of La Grungo, da., has been elected for commissioner of Indian affairs, no official announcement of the appointment la oxpected for sev eral days. Then tho names of tho now commissioner of tho gonoral land odl co and first assistant secretary of tho interior will bo announced, in A heavy snowstorm la raging In Minnesota. Sovoral persons hnvo boon killed by a tornado In Missouri recently. Mrs. Hoko tnlth, wlfo of the sena tor from Geo-gla, Is seriously ill at her home in Washington, D. C, RoportB from Woodbine, In., aro to tho offoct that tho storm did about $200,000 worth of damngo and that flvo peoplo wero killed, but that nono wero Injured. Three Hyps wero lost nnd four peo ple wero Borlously Injun-d In tho storm nt Ncoln, la. Tho storm centered In a farming community two miles north west of tho town. Mistaken for a burglar, CharloB Pen nington, a commercial traveler whoso homo Is believed to liavo been In Clovelnnd, was shot and killed In Chi cago by Harry Farrell, a friend. According to an official roport from Bulgarian army headquarters, the cap turo of Adrlanoplo cost the Bulgar ians from 10,000 to 11,000 killed and woundod, and tho Sorvlans 1,200. Municipal elections throughout Iowa devoloped many peculiar results. Ot tumwa, a town of 40,000, elected Pa trick Leeny, a switchman of tho Mil waukee road, aB mayor. Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daughter ot Theodore Roosevelt, was married at Oyster Bay, N. Y In Christ Episco pal church to Dr. Richard Derby of Now York. Six strike rioters wero shot by tho pollco In Auburn, N. J., during an at tack which a mob of 300 mndo on tho plant of Uio Columbian Ropo company. Two of tho Blx nro fatally Injured. Messages continued to como to Prosldont Wilson, from foreign Tulors oxprosslng sympathy for BufferorB In tho western storms and floods. King Georgo ot England also cabled, Isom P. Wooton, paBtor of tho Friend's church In Seattle and former ly woll known throughout tho United States as an evangelist and organizer of tho Friends church is dead. Tho Japaneso government has lodged formal protest with the Stato department against tho proposed en actmont by tho stato of California of what it considers antl-Japaneso legis lation, the moaBiiro prohibiting tho allon ownorshlp of land In California. Tho body of a youth about 20 years old, was found recently In Kansas City, crushed undor a pllo of machin ery In a Missouri Pacific coal car, con signed from Omaha. A card wlUi tho name of William Butler, 013 Washing ton street, was found in one of tho pockets. Mrs Cathcrino Waugh McCullach of Evanston, 111., told tho Mississippi Valley Suffrage conferonco which be gan a threo days' sosslon in St. Louis, that women who march In suffrage parades should not trust too Implicit ly in tho chivalry of Amorlcan men. It Is well, alio said, for girl marchers to havo u chaporone. Tho Gorman military dirigible air ship, Zeppelin IV. made a landing In tho military parade at Lunovllle, Franco, und was solzod by tho Fronch authorities. Tho lncldont has caused tremondous oxcltoment notwithstand ing tho fact that tho German officers aboard tho airship explained that they had been lost In the clouds nnd did not know thoy had crossed tho Fronoh frontier. In tho futuro It will bo unlawful in th6 stato of Now Jorsoy to wear hat pins unlesB their points aro guarded. Governor Floldor signed a bill which booomos offoctlvo Immodlatoly mak ing It an act of disorderly conduct, punishable by a lino of from $5 to $20, for any person "To wear in a public placo any dovlco capablo of lacerating tho flesh of another porson, unless the point Is sufficlonUy guarded." Upon complalntB filed by members of tho Ohio National guard, A. H. Os man, Columbus undertaker, whose placo of business Is near the flood district, was arrested on a charge of larceny Two guardsmen told Chief of Pollco Carter that Osman had offered them $25 for every body that they might rocovor from tho debris if thoy would turn Uiem over to tho Osman undertaking establishment. A doclslon In favor of tho stato of South Dakota In cases of tho Wclls Fargo and Amorlcan Expross com panies wna rendorod by Jidgo Elliott ot tho Unltod States court in Sioux Falls. Tho oxprosB companlos insti tuted actions to prevent tho stato col lecting taxes for 1910 assessed against oxpross companies, contending that tho law waB unconstitutional. Undor tho decision of Judgo Elliott Uio Wolls-Fargo company will bo required to pay defaulted taxos amounting to $9,334 and tho Amorlcan Expross com- AoUon on advlcca, from secret sorvlca officers of the Treasury de partment In San Francisco, United Statos Marshall Humphreys of Reno, 8, D., arrested W. II. Watklns, alias Loport, alias Loo, charged with pass ing raised $1 Bllvor certificates, Wat klns was arrested In a raid on the Qulnoy houso in San Francisco last January, but was released thon for lack of Identification. Ho Is a paroled prlsonor from Uio stato ponltentlary at Door Lodgo, Mont Tho method ol tho nllegod forgory was to raise In de nomination from $1 to $20. 8 PORT. Gunbont Smith, tho California heavy wolght, knocked out Fred Mc Kay of Canada In tho second round ot a scheduled ton-round bout in New York. In tho first gnmo of tho series with tho University of Illinois baseball team tho Boston Americans scored a shutout. piuclal announcement has beon glv on out that tho fourth annual national clay court tennis tournament will bo hold nt tho Omaha Field club tho week starUng July 21. 1913. CONGRESS GETS WILSON MESSAGE Brief Document Tells Purpose of Extra Session. MUST ALTER TARIFF DUTIES Lawmakers Asked to Square the Schedules With the Actual Facts of Industrial and Commercial Life. Washington, April 8. President Wilson's message, read today to tho eenato and houso at tho beginning ot tho extra session, was a brief, point ed document setting forth in general terms what congress Is oxpoctod to do in tho matter of tariff revision. Tho messago was as follows:' To tho Senato and Houso of Repre sentatives: I havo called tho congress togother In extraordinary session bocauso a duty was laid upon tho party now In power at tho recent elections which It ought to perform promptly, In order that tho burden carried by tho peoplo under existing law may bo lightened aB soon as posslblo and In ordor, also, that tho business Interests of tho country may not be kept too long In Busponso as to what tho fiscal changes aro to bo to which they will bo re quired to adjust themselves. It Is cloar to tho whole country that tho tariff duties must bo altered. Thoy must bo changed to meet tho radical altera tion In tho conditions of our ocnomlc llfo which tho country has witnessed within the last generation. Whtlo tho whole faco and method of our Industrial and commercial life woro being changed beyond recogni tion tho tariff schedules havo re mained what they wero boforo tho chango began, or havo moved In tho direction they wero given whon no largo circumstance of our industrial dovelopmont was what it 1b today. Our task is to squaro them with the actual facts. Tho sooner that Is done tho sooner wo shall escape from suf fering from tho facts and the sooner our men of business will be freo to thrlvo by tho law of nature (tho na ture of freo business) Instead ot by tho law of legislation and artificial or rangomont. Business Not Normal. Wo havo seen tariff legislation wandor very far afield In our day -very far Indeed from Uio Held In which our prosperity might havo had a nor mal growth and stimulation. No ono who looks tho facts squarely In tho faco or knows anything that lies be neath tho surface of action can fall to porcolvo tho principles' upon which recent tariff legislation has been based. Wo long ago passed boyond the modest notion of "protecting" tho Industries of Uio country and moved boldly forward to the Idea that they woro entitled to tho direct patronage 9f Uio government For a long time a tlmo so long that tho men now actlvo In public policy hardly remember the conditions that preceded It wo have sought In our tariff schedules to glvo each group of manufacturers or pro ducers what they themselves thought that they nooded in order to maintain a practically exclusive market as against the rest of the world. Consciously or unconsciously, we havo built up a set of privileges and exemptions from competition be hind which it was easy by any, even the crudest, forma of combination to arganlzo monopoly; until nt last noth ing Is normal, nothing Is obliged to itand tho tests of efficiency and econ omy, In our world ot big business, but everything thrives by concortcd ar rangement. Only new principles of action will save us from a final hard crystallization ot monopoly and a eomploto loss of tho influences that Quicken enterprise and keep inde pendent enorgy alive. It is plain what those principles must bo. Wo must abolish everything Uiat bears oven tho somblanco of priv ilege or ot any kind of artificial ad rantago, and put our business men ind producers undor the stimulation ot a constant necessity to bo efficient, economical, and enterprising, masters of competttlvo supremacy, better workers and merchants than any In tho world. Aside from tho duties laid apon articles which we do not, and probably cannot, produce, therofore. and the duties laid upon luxuries and merely for tho sake of tho revenues thoy yield, tho object of tho tariff du ties henceforth laid must bo effective competition, Uio whottlng of Amerl can wits by contest with tho wltB of tho rest of the world. Development, Not Revolution. It would bo unwlso to movo toward this end headlong, with reckless haste, or with strokes that cut at tho very roots of what has grown up amongst us by lcng process and at our own Invitation. It does not alter a thing to upsot It and break It and deprive It of a chanco to chango. It destroys It Wo must mako changes In our fiscal laws, In our fiscal system, whoso object Is development, a more freo and wholesome development, not revolution or upset or contusion. Wo must build up trade, especially for eign trade. Wo nood tho outlet and Iho enlarged field of energy more than wo over did before. Wo must build up Industry as well and must adopt freedom In the place ot arti ficial stimulation only so far as It will build, not pull down. In dealing with tho tariff the method by which this may bo done will be a matter of Judg ment, exorcised item by ltom. To some not accustomed to the ex cltementn nnd responsibilities ot grcntcr freedom our methods may In somo respects and at some points Beom heroic, but remedies may bo heroic and yet bo remedies. It Is our business to mako sure that they are genuine remedies. Our object Is clear. If our motive Is abovo Just challengo and only an occasional error of Judg ment Is chargeable against ub, we shall be fortunate. Wo aro called upon to render tho country a great service In more mat ters than ono. OUr responsibility should be met and our methods should bo thorough, as thorough as moderate and well considered, based upon tho facts as they arc, and not worked out as If wo wero beginners. Wo nro to denl with tho facts of our own day, with tho facts of no other, and to make laws which square with those facts. It Is best, Indeed It is neces sary, to begin with tho tariff. I will urgo nothing upon you now at the opening of your session which can ob scuro that first object or divert our energies from that clearly defined duty. At a later tlmo I may take tho liberty of calling your attention to re forms which shotildypreBB closo upon tho heels of tho tariff changes, If not accompany them, of which tho chief Is the reform of our banking and cur rency laws; but Just now I refrain. For the present, I put theso matters on one sldo and think only of this one thing of tho changes In our fiscal system which may best servo to open onco moro tho free channels ot pros perity to a great people whom we would servo to tho utmost and throughout both rank nnd file. WOODROW WILSON. Tho Whito House, April 8, 1913. WOMEN KNOWN BY JEWELS Each Article of Adornment Is Ob served and Carefully Catalogued by 8oclcty. A woman frequently changes her faco and always her gown, while to change her Jewels is an event calling for chronicle, Richard Barry writes in tho Now York Times. "Ib that Mrs. So-and-So in box T I heard one woman ask another the othor night. "Let me seo," replied her com panion, seizing tho glasses. "No. Mrs. So-and-So has sapphires surrounding a pearl in her pondant. That has emeralds. It is Mrs. If-and-But." "Who 1b that next to her?" "With tho cross of diamonds and the Jade stomacher?" "No. With tho oval brooch set with opals." "Oh! That lsv MrB. 'Or-to-Be'o brooch, but It doesn't look like her daughter, only sho never will let nny ono wear her opals; 'lucky for her, unlucky for another is her idea. What has sho dono to her face?" Theso women, their dependents and their Intimates hold their Jewels in tho affectionate regard that another group of womon might hold their chil dren. Tho entrance to tho circle ot each now piece of Jewelry is noted and commented on carefully. It un dergoes Jealous observation at first Then, It deserving It, It nchlevos a placo and Is duly catalogued. "Look! There is that little Miss Pretty. It's her first night. She'B barely eighteen, and see thnt Blrlng of diamonds. I do think that Is rushing it a bit, don't you? They might wait till tho second year, at least, for a necklace like that. However, give me your glasses; they are better than mine." After a moment sho releases tho glasses with a satisfied smile. "At any rate," sho observes, "they are perfectly matched and Just the right size." So It goes. JewclB tho center of at tention; Jewels which mark tho dis tinctive elements of personality. From tho tiny necklace, which Is tho Joy of tho newest debutante, to the sturdy stomacher which Is the con solation of tho oldest downger, Jewels proclaim, define, limit, differentiate, vitalize and devltnllzo society. Sunshine, Plants and Girls. Sunlight Is bo important to life that it 1b llttlo wonder that sun worshipers prevailed in prlmltlvo days. Plant a potato In your collar, and If there Is a llttlo light tho potato will Bprout oud try to grow. Surround It with the best f ortlllzor, water It, and do tho best you can for It except that you keep It In the dark, and It cannot digest and grow. Seo how slender and palo it Is! Tho process ot digestion, the great function of assimilation, cannot go on without sunshine. Nature's laws aro tho same In tho animal world. It is Just as truo that tho only girls with red cheeks and sweet breaths, tho only girls who become fully ripe and sweet, are thoao who baptize themselves fully in glori ous sunshine. The many palo girls who are to be soon with a bloodlosB, haU baked sort of face, whose walk, whose voice and whoso whole expression l dovold of spirit, nro not half ripe. The Queen and Gambling. Though tho QUoen is to nccomnum tho king to the grand national next month, Bho rotalnna her dlsliko for gambling. But some years ago whon the royal porty was traveling down by rail for tho derby, the late King Ed ward proposed a half crown swoep stnke on the race, and Princess Mary drew a horso that had a fine chance. Prlnco Arthur of Connaught having drawn his usual blank, suggested he should buy It from her present maj esty for five shillings. Sho declined, and hold to her chance, which romped homo an easy winner. "For any ono who doos not llko gambling," remarks H. R. H., whon retailing this yarn, "I never saw any ono collect her win ning moro quickly." London Opinion. WILSON APPEARS BEFORE CONGRESS 3ETS ASIDE PRECEDENTS MORE THAN CENTURY. OF DELIVERS MESSAGE IN PERSON President Gets On Floor of House and Gives His View on the Tariff Problem. Washlngton.-r-Settlng asldo preced ents of moro than a century, Presi dent Wilson appeared in tho halls ot congress on Tuesday to deliver, his first execuUve message in person. He announced to democratic congression al leaders that ho would go to tho floor of tho houso when It convened and thero glvo that body his vlow on tho tariff. This doclslon of tho prealdent ovokod much comment among the congressional leaders, Ho will bo tho first prosldont of tho United Statos to appear officially before either branch of congress In deliberate session since John Adams In tho first fow years ot the last century. An attempt was mado exactly 100 years ago, In 1813, to rovivo tho custom, but Prosldent Madison declined an invitation to dls cuss foreign relations with tho senate. Since then no president has even sug gested Joining In tho deliberations ol congress. President Wilson mado his plans known to Majority Leader Underwood of Uio houso, Representative A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, and tho other houso democratic loaders, that Uiey might prepare for tho ovent Tho president believes that ho can got In closer touch with tho members of both houses of congross by person ally expressing his views to thom. In addition to his official visits to the floor of tho house, which has become n matter of Whito houso policy, tho president will tako advantage of theso vlBlts to hold conferencoB with tho party loaders In congress. Montenegro i Strikes at Powers. Cottlnjo. Thb llttlo kingdom ol Montenegro has thrown down the gauntlet to tho six great powers. Sho declines to yield to tho demand ol the powors to abandon her attempts to gain possession of Scutari, and hat officially announced that "there will bo no departure from an attitude whlcn conforms to the necessities of Uio state of war existing between the allies and Turkey." An international fleet, comprising warships of Austria-Hungary, Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain, Is now blockading the Montenegrin port of Antlvarl. The fleet Includes four Austrian warships, the British cruisers Yarmouth, Inflexible and Gloucester, tho German cruiser Bres lau, tho Italian cruiser Pisa and the French cruiser Edgar Qulnet. Rus sia 1b not represented by a warship, but has acquiesced in the naval dem onstration. Ship Capsizes; 22 Men Trapped. Bay City, Oro. Twenty-two men, Including tho ship's captain, Uie pres ident of a wrecking company of Port land and tho representative of tho Marino Underwriters, wero trapped in tho hold of tho German ship Mlmi which capsized, off the beach hero early Sunday, after having been haul ed off a reef on which she had been fast two months. How many perish ed is not known. Figures woro seen on tho bottom of tho wreck at dark. It was supposed they had cut their way out. A heavy sea waB pounding tho wreck and llfo savors refused to at tempt a fescue until It calmed. They said no boat could bo launched and refused to let volunteers tako their bout. To Build Longest Tunnel. Winnipeg, Man. Tho Canadian Pa cific railway has announced that it will begin construction of tho longest tunnel In America. Tho tunnel will bo built through Kicking Horse pass In tho Rock mountain and will bo six teen miles long, costing $14,000,000. Smallpox Breaks Out. Cincinnati, O. A dispatch from Paducah, Ky., says that smallpox has broken out in tho camp of negro ref ugees on Gregory HelghtB and that 500 nogro refugees on the hill hav boon quarantined. Tho whito refu gee enmp is on tho hill and Uicro Is four of an epidemic. Elks Give $25,000. Chicago, 111. Tho board of gover nors of tho Benevolent and Protective Order ot Elks gavo $25,00 for the flood sufferers of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and othor sufforors. Bumper Crop for Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb. Belief thnt Nebras ka Is to havo one of tho most suc cessful fnilt seasons It has over had benefits from Is expressed In a state ment made by Secretary Marshall of tho stato board of horticulture. Mar keting conditions hnvo been Improved. Comic Opera Star Dies. Chicago. ThomaB Seabrooke, ono of tho bort known ot comic opera stars, died of pneumonia hero. Recently ho had boon In vaudovlllo and was In Chi cago filling a number of engagements, NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. Coming Events In Nebraska. May 8 to 10 Annual Convention. .Mississippi Valley Historical Associa tion, Omaha. May 20, 21 and 22. Thirty-seventh Encampment G. A. R., Fremont Beatrice citizens hayp raised $1,38C for Nebraska storm sufferers. The new bank building In North Plntto Is about completed. E. D. Crownover sold his farm near Benedict for $201 an acre. A company of national guard Is bo lng organized at Wahoo. Work is being rushed day and night on tho Fremont high school. A firo in Bloomflold recently did damage to tho amount of $14,000. Postal receipts for Fremont for the last quarter amounted to $12,03 1. Tho Platto and Loup rivers have practically cleared themselves of Ice. Tho Jury term of tho district court will convene nt Broken Bow April 28. A case of measles proved fatal In Lincoln, tho victim being a llttlo girl. Tho 101 ranch near Ainsworth lost over 100 head of cattle during the blizzard. All of tho ton peoplo who wero In jured at Waterloo in tho tornado are Improving. A monument to tho old Oregon trail will be dedicated at Henry, Nob.r April 4th. York citizens sent a contribution ot $800 to the storm sufferers of Omaha, and vicinity. Tho entire democratic city ticket. Including tho school board, was elect ed at Columbus. F. Brodfuehrer, o resident of Colum bus Blnco 1870, committed suicide by shooting himself. A brnkeman named P. O. Cook was kllled at Central City recently by fall ing from the train. Frank E. Tlncher, present mayor of Falrbury, has declined tho nomina tion for re-election. William F. Hosier, for the past thirty-three years a prominent farmer of Harvard, Is dead. Fire of Incendiary origin partially destroyed the home of William Detfc loft in West Beatrice. The southeastern Nebraska district debate waB' won by tho Wymoro team, with Beatrlco as Rb opponent. Reports from the ranges show tho Iosb of live stock, as a result ot the recent blizzard, to bo heavy. Tho smoke stack on the mill at Hooper blew down necessitating Uio closing down of tho mill. Leading residents of Fremont have Blgned petitions protesting against dancing In public schools. ' Tho farm buildings of Robert Har ma'n of Benver City were destroyed by fire, tho fire being set by a spark from a Burlington locomotive. Mrs. James Amos, wifo of a farmer who lives flvo mllea northwest of Falr bury, attempted to commit suicide by taking carbolic acid. An aged man was found frozen under n large snow drift in the yards west of the new round houso grounds at North Platte. Tho directors of Uio Beatrice Com mercial club hold a meeting recently and decided on a budget fund of $7, 500 for the coming year. Appropriations for paymjnt of the-twenty-nine district judges of tho state have already been exhausted, and the state auditor is puzzled. The Woman's club district meeting for tho Third Nebraska district con vened In West Point April 9 and con tinued over tho 10th and 11th. Tho Missouri Pacific has a plledrlver and gang of bridge builders at work south of Howe, building and replacing a number of tho smaller bridges. Plans and specifications for the new $5fi,000 school houso at Albion nro now complete. It will bo an Imposing looking structuro and as up-to-date as' can bo made. Since tho people havo voted Harvard "wet," applications for tho privilege of dispensing boqze are plenty. It Is roported that at least flvo aspirants are in tho field. Mrs. Herman Starmann, wife of the postmaster at Yirtan, died at the Fre mont hospital, swelling the list of tor nado victims at the Saunders county town to nn oven score. The stockholders of six locals of tho farmers' union of Dodge county, numbering about 125 to 150 farm res idents, have purchased tho Holmqulst elevator at Nlckerson. F. F. Knnert convicted for the sec- ' ond tlmo of a statutory offense, a 15-year-old girl being tho complaining witness, has been taken to the penlten tlnry from Grnnd Island. Tho Leo bill providing for Issuance of bonds by tho peoplo of Omaha for purchase of Auditorium as woll as a $100,000 bond Issuance by city com missioners for city park purposes, will bo up for discussion in tho state senato within a fow days. Tho Turner & Wright company, owner of the small drodgeboat which dug tho lateral ditches in the Auburn district while tho drainage work has been undor construction, has filed a petition In bankruptcy In tho United Stntes court. George Popejoy, 17 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Popejoy, resid ing one-half mile east of Gibbon, dropped dead from heart failure. Engagement ot tho Chicago Grand Opora company to appoar nt the Omaha Auditorium April 14 has been cancelled on account of tho tornado. An effort Is being made by some of tho citizens of York to have tho stato tennis tournament held in York thls year. E. V. Gruenneror, secretary of tho Commercial club, has takon the matter up with the officials of the stute club and hopes to be able to land It for York. . t. U