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- THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARE, Iublls!ior. TERMS! $1.00 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. NEWS BRIEFLY TQLO INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT lnclud.it What Ib Going On at Wash Ington and In Other Sections tof the Country. CONGRESS. Rcfusd Its unanlmouB consent to pnBS tbe Alaska railroad bill. The house passed tho sqnato bill to Increase tho number of midship men at tho naval academy. A bill to croato an additional fed eral Judgeship for eastern Pennsyl vania is being held up by filibuster. A bill for Hetch waterworks for Eon Francisco has been agreed on by the public lands committee and Intro-1 duced by Sonator Perkins. Tho Judiciary committee failed to net a quorum to act on Kahn resolu tions for Investigation of Camlnettl enso and will meet later. Tho Senato has passed tho Now land bill to amend tho Erdman act and create a special board of arbltra tlop for railroads and their employes. A second unsuccessful attempt was made by Senator Chamberlain to get early action on his bill authorizing tho president to construct u govern ment railroad In Alaska. The senate has confirmed nomina tions, Including that of Henry Van Dyke, as minister to Tho Netherlands and Luxemburg, and sovoral hundred postmasters and naval promotions. President Wilson said tho agree ment In tho dissolution of tho Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger would bo submitted to him by Attomoy Gon eral McReynolds before 'bolng sub mitted to tho court. Secretary Bryan has announced that he Is strongly In favor of tho Glass currency bill, and let It bo known that bo would uso what In fluenco ho could in bringing about its early enactment by congress. DOMESTIC. Walla Walla, Wash., ban appointed a woman mmber on Its police force. Tho Pittsburgh Chamber of Com merce Is campaigning to ttfach (lro prevention. Philadelphia has thirteen play grounds. Last year they wcro en Joyed by 1,371,315 persons. A general strike of all unions con nected with the industrial council may be called at Kansas City. Tho supremo court of Mississippi, has held that the razor Is not u weap on, but an "implement of tho toilet." Of 74,000 locomotives inspected last year by tho Interstate Commerce commission, moro than 48,000 woro found defective. Mrs. Lorotta Ayors Ward obtained n divorce in tho circuit court at St. Louis from William A. Ward, socialist r ri'ilnto for govornor of Missouri last tall. . resident Wilson has approved tho recommendation of Secretary Daniels fiat no applications for retirement of , naval ofilcers bo favorably acted upon unless such ofilcerB had hnd twonty jeflrs' Borvlee. Aroused by reports that tho appro priation of $40,000 was too small to take enro of veterans at .tho Gettys burg celebration, Itopresentatlvo Barton has takn steps to have an ade quate appropriation mado. Official figures, recently compiled, place tho cement production of tho Ignited States last year at 83.3C1.101 barrels, which is a now high rocord nnd an increase of moro than 3, 800.000 barrels in a year. Olllcials of tho Toledo Musoum of Art have refused to dolivor to En sign Lowry, sent from Annapolis by Secretary of tho Navy Daniels, tho Commodoro Perry flag boarlng tho Inscription, "Don't glvo up the Bhlp." An appeal from tho verdict which centoncod him to a year In prison for vlolntlon of tho Mann whlto slave uct, was granted "Jack" Johnson, the negro pugilist by Judge Carpontor, in tho United Stntcs district court hero. Mlno No. 17 of tho Western Coal nnd Mining company of St. Louis at Jenny Lind, Ark., near Fort Smith, wan wrecked by an explosion and sub eequont firo recently. No no was In the mlno at tho tlmo of tho explosion. Stato officials and representatives from tho rallroadB operating In Mlnno FOta will moot with tho railway and warohouBo commission of Minnesota to dlscusB platiB for putting Into operation tho Btato rata held valid by tho United States Bupremo court. John Ennls, 70 yoara old, who t-tartcd out somo days ago to defeat Edward P. Weston, tho veteran walk it, oit a hike from New York to Mln. iienpolls, Is seriously 111 nt his homo at Stamford, Conn. and phyBlclans fear ho may not recover. Goorgo Hudson of Wlnefleld, ICnn., who Is 87 years old, is living In a house which ho himself recently built, unassisted. Sovon railroads operating In Mlnno ota have agreed to abldo by tho terms of tho rocont decision of tho United states supremo court In tho Minnesota rate cases. Tho Now York assembly defoatod Govcrnr Sulzers dL-ect primary bill by a volo of 54 to 92. Portland, Ore., Is to havo a great out-door recreatlcn organization to bo known as tho Municipal Athletic association. Tho land office at Devll'B Lake, N. D has been consolidated with the ofllco at Mlnot, N. D. According to tho latest statistics 12,437 plutocratB In Missouri will bo touched by tho Income tax. San Francisco Is to have a now twenty-story building on the north sldo of Market, opposite Second street. Ono woman In this country, Mrs. D. Harry Hammer, of Chicago, has mado a collection of cartoons of Undo Sam, and has 30,000 of them. A wind storm which almost reach ed tho proportions of n tornado swept over Kansas, Minnesota, doing moro than $1G0,000 damago to property. Captain Robert Barllett, command er of Peary's north pole vessel, takes 0 llko position In Steffanson's expe dition to the Arctic, which started re. cently. Flvo Now York banks havo been added to tho Texas oil penalty ault and by this action the total penalties demanded havo been Increased to $102,101,000. A Pennsylvania BUitlstlclan calcu lates that In tho last year 120,000,000 tona of water wcro pumped out of tho mlncB of ono company In tho anthra cite region. John Nicholson has confessed to murdering his wlfo and their 9-year-old son by setting fire to them after ho had soaked their bed clothing with oil at Vnndalla, Mo. Tho stork vlBlted tho home of Na than Valono, a Pittsburgh merchant, recently, nnd left a baby girl weigh ing fourteon pounds. This Is the twenty-sixth child born to Valone. Tho whole of the J. P. Morgan es tate has a value of $100,000,000, ac cording to an unofficial cstlmata credited to Thomas E. Rush, counsel to Stato Comptroller Sormer. Frank S. Graham of Oakes, N. D. has bcon appointed a national bank examiner for ono of tho North Da kota districts by John P. Kane, act ing comptroller of tho currency. Tho woman's suffrage bill has been Blgnod by Gove nor Dunne. Tho act glveB Illinois women the right to vote for all statutory oirtccrs In tho stato, and also for presidential elec tors. As a result of a conference between Governor Hatfield and tho United Mlno Workers of America and coal oporators of tho Now River coal field In West Vlrglna, a strlko ordor Issued applying to tho New River coal fleldB Is bolng hold up temporarily. To provo that tho people of the twentieth century need not bo slaves to civilized convention, JoBeph KnowlcB, a Boston palnlor of outdoor llfo, plaiiB to plungo Into tho wilder neBB of Northern Mnlno on July 1, without clothing, food, matches or ammunition. Foreign. Berlln'B street railway Ib to bo olectrlfled at a cost of $5,000,000. Audacious daylight thlovoB in Paris Btolo n mass of Jtfwols from a private house. An official dispatch describes tho fighting botweon tho Servians nnd tho Bulgarians at Zletovo iib a small af fair. Tho authorities of Naples have tin. earthed tho bodlen of a largo number of Infants burled In tho garden at tached to a villa occupied by a mid wife. Ono of the world's largest belts, bolng 207 feet long and threo and a half feot wide, is used to transmit nenrly 3,000 horsepower in an Aus trian steel mill. Tho prospectant tho Balkam dlB puto will bo submitted to Russia ar bitration, and tho four promlera of tho four Balkan BtateB will meet at St. PeterBburg, Is much brighter.. Deputy Legrand announced in the chamber of donutleH that Franco's standing army bn a penco footing would number p7,000 men after tho ndoptlon of tho govornment'B three year sorvlco bill. Tho magnificent auditorium pres. ontcd to tho University of Michigan aB a momorlal to tho lato Arthur Hill was formally dedicated In con nection with tho alumni day colebra tlou at tho university. An ndequato American navy meant a Hoot second only to that of Great Britain, and 'Inadequacy Is nn lnvltn tin to war" In tho opinion of Admiral Dowoy, ranking naval olllcor of tho United States. MIsb Nolllo O'Farroll of San Fran cisco, who has gained consldornblo notlco as tho first woman wlrolos'a operator In tho world, has rotlrod from tho opcrntor'B field. She was married recently. A vlolont sceno occurred in the aenato when Sonator Arthur Costa, brother of tho premier, objected to tho remarks of Joao Joao do Freltas, and advanoed puon him. Sonator do FreltaB drew a rovolvor and lovolod It nt tho other's breast. India hna produced about 2,500,006 tona of sugar annually for tho Inst two yearB. Tho French avlutor, Maurlco L Foulquler, whllo testing a monoplane for tho first tlmo, fell from a height of 250 feet and was killed. A sailor from tho United States, battloshlp IlllnolB whllo on shorn leavo at Antwerp with several ship mates, killed a Belgian. Approximately ton tons of feathers plucked from birds by poachers four or five years ago tit tho Hawaiian and Midway Islands huvo been burned by tho government of Honolulu. NEW ALLEGATIONS "FIELD AGENT" OF MANUFAC TURERS' MAKES CHARGES. MUSTTELL STORY TO SENATE Martin M. Mulhall Expected to Prove a Vital Power In Inves tigation. Washington. Further sensations In tho sennto'B lobby Investigation wore foreshadowed when It became known that a subpoena had been served up on Martin M. Mulhall of Baltimore, reported to havo been for many years tho nctlvo "field agent" and lobbyist of tho National Association of Manu facturers. Tho subpoena was ordered by Chairman Overman of the lobby com mittee, after representations had boon mado to him that Mr. Mulhall was willing and nblo to glvo tho commit tee Important facts regarding attcmspt to influenco legislation to'elect or de feat candidates for congress and to control tho mnkcup of committees In congress. Tho nature and extent of tho dis closures Unit aro expected were out lined In an article published under tho sworn slgnnturo of Mr. Mulhall In the New York World and tho Chi cago Tribune. i Tho" statement purports to be Mifl Mulhall's personal history as the rep resentative from 1903 to 1912 of the National Association of Manufactu rers nnd bristles with the names of congressmen whom ho alleges wero "subservient" or who were punished for their opposition to legislation fa vored by tho association. The nlle gatlons that ho had helped to defeat congressmen who opposed tho inter ests of tho manufacturers; that this organization had spent thousands of dollars to elect congressmen expected to bo sympathetic to their Influences; that ho had aided in securing favor ablo members on committees that handled lnbor legislation, and that his assistants had used great efforts to securo the establishment of a fed eral tariff commission In 1908, aB a means of delaying tariff revision, are contained In tho long article undor Mr. Mulhall's name. Tho fncts alleged In tho striking story of legislative lobbying and po litical campaign wero not laid before Chairman Overman prior to their pub lication. Ho declared, however, that tho story was so circumstantial In its detnll that he expected tho committee to go to tho bottom of the allega tions and to uncover any now angle of "Insidious lobbying" or "pernic ious" political campaigning that might be disclosed. Agitators Arouse Discontent. Toklo. At an nnti-Amerlcan meot Ing tho Japanese cabinet had failed Ing tho aJpanoso cabinet had failed In Bottling tho California question and that tho tlmo had arrived for tho peo plo to assume 'a moro determined at tltudo and extend tho national pres tige. Tho meeting was attended by a number of agitators and two opposi tion members of parliament, and It waB decided to continue tho attempts to nrouso public opinion by further antl-Amerlcan meetings and tho dis tribution of manifestos. The speakers, who advocated tho most radical meas ures toward tho United Stutos woro tho mon who have dally tried to stir up tho Japanese public during the last month. Prisoners Make Escape. Leavenworth, Kan. An all day soarch for Richard Osborno and Will tor Layman, convlctB, who made a daring escapo from tho fodoral prison has not dovoloped a trace of tho men. Osborno was serving olghteon years for robbory In Washington, D. C, whllo Layman wnB nerving a three year term for counterfeiting in Cali fornia. Both men havo mado prison escapes bofore, Layman from McNeil's Island, tho govornment prison on tho Pacific coast. Tho two men woro cell matos. Thoy sawed tho bare of their coll and of a door ten feet away, leav ing dummies reposing in tliolr cots. Body Washed Ashore. KanBas City, Mo. Tho body of Qoorgo Townsond, wealthy Chicago railway promotor, who disappeared from tho Baltimore hotel, was. found on Gooso Islund, a small strip of land In tho MlBBOiirl rlvor. six mllos west of Kansas City, Kns. It had been washed ashore. Confesses to Bribery. St. Louis, Mo. Joseph A. Fanslor, .1 formor mombor of tho East St. Louis, HI., city council, hnB mado a sworn confession of bribery to State's Attorney Charles Webb. Gold and Skeleton Unearthed. San Bernardino, Cal. Two pots of Kold uml a skoloton woro unearthed by G. W. Tylor whllo conducting street grading operations. Tho gold, In dust nnd nuggets, was worth about $500. Tho skeleton wno bollcved to bo that of some anclont Indian chief. May Electrocuted. Eddyvlllo, Ky. "General" May, In tho stock of whoso pistol was said to havo been carved olght significant notches, was olectrocutod in the Btuto penitentiary horo. RIGHT TO CHANGE STREAM. Judge Munger Holds for Railroad In Schuyler Case. That tho fact that a stream changes Its course through natural causes does not tako away from a landowner the right to put the stream back Into itB natural course, providing tho con ditions aro restored practically as they woro before the change, wns tho mibstance of an opinion given Thurs day by Federal Judge Munger In tho case of tho Union Pacific against the city of Schuyler. Tho railroad and tho city of Schuyler wero engaged In litigation over tho courso of Shell creek, which changed Its coursp In 1908 and 1909 ns a result of n flood. The railroad objected to tho city of Sctiuylor emptying its sewage Into tlm stieam us the new chnnnel of the creek was coursing down a ditch on tho right of way of the Union Pacific, and started to chango tho course of tho stream. The city of Schuyler ob jected to the railroad's putting up an embankment on n ditch known as tho Bailey ditch which would force the stream back Into Its old channel, and secured an Injunction from the lower court. The lower court held that the railroad did not have a right to change tho course of the stream to its old bed. Tho city of SchuyleT contended that If the courso of the stream was changed the city could not uso tho old stream for sewage pur poses. Judge Munger held that as the rail road secured the right and consent of tho landowner to place an embank ment on tho creek to force it into Its old channel that tho city of Schuyler could not prevent such action by tho railroad. The court dismissed tho supplemental bill of the defendants brought after a former opinion of tho court had been filed. Senate Session Proved Costly. Tho lato state senate with a legal nllowanco of slightly over half tho number of employes allowed the house, spent 70 per cent of tho amount expended by the lower body for payment of Its help, according to a legislative summary just prepared by tho stato auditing department. The house, with an allowanco of eiglity two employes, spent just $30,358 for snlarles, whllo tho senate, with a le gal allowance of forty-nine omployes, spent $21,505. Tho latter amount, of course. Included payment of about Blxty-nlno employes which tho sen ato took unto Itself during tho ses sion. The total expense of the aenato was $50,073, while tho total expense of tho house was $104,500. Of the dlfferonco of nearly $54,000, between the two bodies the sum of $41,200 represented salaries and mileage of tho sixty seven members which the hoiiBo possessed in excess of the sen ate membership. v Incidental expenses of the senate, with Its thirty-threo members, footed up to $7,338, while the house, with its 100 members, expended $11,C29 under UiIb Item. Dirt to Fly In a Short Time. Officials of tho Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice Interurban railroad have not yet mado full determination ns to tho time of starting construction ac tivity between hero nnd Omaha. The matter Is likely to bo settled at a meeting of interests to bo hold hero In a short time. Georgo Moore of Detroit, Interested In tho Common wealth Power company, tho Lincoln Traction company nnd tho Omaha, Lincoln & Beatrice Is to bo here, and he, with others aro to decide the matter. General Manager Norton and At torney Flnnsburg appeared before tho stato assessment board on behalf of tho company and renewed their request for a reopening of the .present lino's assessment on the 1913 roll.- Tho disposition of the request has not been made, It will bo acted upon after an affidavit has boon filed by the company. Prairie Chickens. The protection of tho prairie chick, on is receiving considerable atten tion just now. Farmers aro much in terested because the birds aro vora cious destroyers of insect pests. Tho secretary of agriculture is consider ing tho plan of placing tho prairie chicken under tho migratory clause of tho McLean law. This would mean a flvo your closed seasons. The pral rlo chicken migrates between states, tho Nebraska birds Jaunts to Kansas and Colorado. Treasurer to Collect Bonds. Nobraska will require all states to pay bonds held by Nebraska, when thoy come duo. TM'o stato holds $035,000 of Tennessee bonds, which will be duo next month. Those bonds draw 3 por cent. Tennessee Is un fortunate In that Its whole bonded dobt bocomes duo nt tho same tlmo and amounts to $11,485,000. The Btato expects to refund tho debt and Nebraska will got Its money. Stock Breeder's Handbook. Tho Nebraska Unproved Llvo Stock Brooders' Association has recently published n directory of tho breeders of fancy stock In tho Stato of Nebras ka, who belong to this Association. It contains. besIdcB the breeders' namo and the kind of stock which ho handles, the npproximatr number which ho generally has on hand and also tho numbor which aro for sale. This little directory should bo n very holpful guldo to any proapectlvo pur chaser or others Interested In live stock. ENTITLED 10 OFFICE SUPREME COURT REVERSES IT SELF IN KEARNEY CASE. CHAMBERS DAMAGES TO STAND Verdict of Six Thousand Dollars Against Owners of Boyd Theater Held to Be Good. Lincoln Tho supremo court of Ne braska, has changed Its mind, in the Buffalo county case which Involved tho right of Charles Relley to hold as pollco Judge of the city of Kearney The court holds that tho district court has no right to oust Relley from the office and scat W. L. Hand, elected at the regular fall election. Judge Sed gowlck wrote the opinion and 'says that the constitution fixes tho term of office of a pollco magistrate, and that tho legl&ature cannot change the length of term nor remove tho incumbent by legislation, Jiidgo Fawcett In a dissenting opinion Is rather inclined to ridicule tho Inter action of tho court when In a former action It had unanimously de cided otherwise. Must Resentence Stehr. In the Henry Stehr case from Madison county, wherein an appeal had been made to tho nupremo court for a now trial for Stohr, who had been given an Indeterminate sentenco for being responsible for tho death of his stepson, whom he caused to stay nil night In a coal shed, from which exposuro 5,'e died, the court finds that tho district judge had no right to sentence Stehr under the In determinate sentenco law before that law had gone Into effect. Tho case is sent back to the lower court with Instructions to pronounco sentenco under the law in effect at that time. The supremo court recommends that the very lowest sentence be given, considering tho tlmo already served and that Stehr should bo discharged from custody. Theater Damage Stands. An opinion handed down, sustains tho district court of Douglas county in the Boyd theater elevator case wherein Chas. H. Grunnell, ns ad ministrator of tho estate of Bessie Chambers, recovered a verdict for $6,142 from Anna H. Boyd, James E. Boyd Jr., and Eleanor B. ' Blerbower, owners of tho Boyd theater In Omaha, wife, son and daughter of ex-Governor Boyd, for damages sustained by Miss Bessie Chambers, March 10, 1910, who fell down the elevator shaft at the building, sustaining In- ! Juries from which she died. Suggests Higher Valuation. Lincoln. Georgo Anthes,. formerly i doputy state auditor, but now con nected with tho county offices of Douglas county, was at the stato house and visited the railway com mission for the purpose of looking up reports made by certain Douglas county corporations relativo to their property. While hero Mir. Anthes took up tho matter with E. B. Gaddls, member of tho now tax commission, and dis cussed matters portainlng to the in equalities of tho present methods and Its Inability to meet the present needs. He suld that there were only two cities In tho country outsldo of Omaha that wero assessed only 20 per cent of their valuo and ho be llevos that something will havo to be done In Douglas county to bring nbout a different method of taxation In order to meet the bond issues com ing duo very soon. Mr. Anthos said that in tho opln Ion of Mr. Gaddls, tho new commis sion hnd a problem before them to solve which would tako a lot of study and hard work to meet. Mr. Gnddis has made the taxation business a study for years and ho believes that with the assistance of tho other members bf the board a plan can be devised which will bo of gsgat value to tho stato in tho way of .il6lng revenue and raslng it so that all sec tions end all taxed will -bear an equltnblo shrre. Deputy Auditor Inquires About Land. Lincoln. Deputy Auditor W. L. Minor has addressed a lotter to tho attorney general calling nttpntlxm to 217 parcels of land comprising 27, 995 acres which hnvo been proven up on nnd havo never been certified to the various counties for taxation. Tho following counties show tho acreago for years 1910 and 1911: Acres. Acres. Acres. 1910. Scott's Blfs 5,384 Morrill 787 Sioux 2,510 1911. 12.09S 3,075 4.050 Total. 17.182 3.953 0.5C0 27.995 Total 8,772 19,223 New Corporations Formed. Lincoln. Tho Bowsher company Is the nnmo of a now corporation doing buslnoas In Omaha which has filed articles of Incorporation with tho sec retary of, state. Tho capitul stock 1s placed nt $50,000 and tho incorpora tors aro, A. II. Bowsher. E. J. Clizbo nnd E. M. Martin. The company will do a gonoral business In buying nnd sellng grain. Tho Interstate Live Stock Fair association with a capital Btock of $5,000 and hcadquartors at Cambridge has alBO filed articles of Incorporation with the, secretary. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. i i EJItor Pont, of tho Stnnton Reg ister. Is Installing a linotype ma hlnc. Tho iLsuranco department of the Btato has llconfied tho Bankers' Llfo of Monmouth, III., to do buslnesB in the state. Firo destroyed tho plant of tho Au rora, Milling company, containing much wheat nnd flour. The loss is placed at $43,000. High wind and hall caused up wards of $40,000 damage to crops and farm buildings in tho vicinity of Kenesaw and Prosser. Articles of Incorporation of tho Niobrara, Sioux City & Omaha Rail road company have been filed with tho secretary of slate. Editor Karl L. Spenco of tho Franklin News has purchased a build ing a.nd will move his plant into it as soon ns necessary changes can bo mado. Wairen Hazlett was arrested after ho hail broken into the Golden Eagle clothing store 8t Kearney and out fitted himself from head to foot with new clothing. JJuring tho high wind at Lincoln Wednesday night tho steel work on the new high school building was blown down, causing damago to tho extent of over $5,000. Count;' -Treasurer J. S. Tate has resigned his ofllco and will move to Idaho. Fred Wencko of Pender was chosen as his successor by the county commissioners. The body of Alfred Jones, who was drowned near Beatrice with his little son by tho capsizing of a boat, has been recovered from tho Blue river by the use of dynamite. Farmers in Gago county are push ing their wheat harvest, nnd expect to finish the work in about a week. The crop Is the heaviest harvested in Gago count, in years. Workmen under the supervision of Contractor Wood are rapidly finish ing their work on tho new building Mr. Wood Ib putting up for tho Burr Publishing company nt Aurora. During a heavy rainstorm light ning struck the alfalfa shed on the farm of George S. Smith, near Ash land, burning tho structure nearly down. Loss $300, with no Insurance. It cost the state $89 to bring James W. Griffith, sr., from Valen tine to the penitentiary after the su preme court had decided that ho must servo ono year in the penlten-i tiary. - N John Bates, son of ex-county Judge William Bates, who has been record ing clerk for County Judge McDuffeo, has accepted a position ns bookkeeper In 'the Rising City Bank of Rising City, Neb. Farm Demonstrator Liebers of tho University of Nebraska reports the discovery of considerable smut In the oat crop vof Gage county, Ne braska. Ho estimates the damage from 5 to 15 per cent. 1he first petition calling for settle ment of the university location prob lem by a vote of the people was filed with the secretary of state recently. It was sent In from Sutton and con-, laiped twenty names. Lieut. W. E. Sanford of Lincoln has been authorized to organize a company of the national guard to bo stationed in Lincoln. Colonel C. A. Lord, formerly of the university ca dets, will assist him. Tho jury In the case of Geo. Leon ard, charged with having caused the death of James Arnell, an old soldier at tho Mllford homo on April 13, 1913, brought in a verdict of not guilty af ter having been out forty minutes. Governor Morehead has Issued a re quisition application upon 'the gov ernor of Kansas for the return of Rufus Willis from Atchison to Falls City, where he is wanted on a charge of stealing a $38 watch from George Johnson. Tho county board has decided to build a new bridge at Sutton over School creek and tho north end of ' Saunder's avenue. It Is to bo of ce ment and tho latest and most perma nent design. The city will provide tho approaches. Falso tuberculin tests on cattlo shipped from Illinois into Nebraska and other western states will be the chief topic discussed by the stato vet erinarians who gather in Omaha for tho sessions of tho Missouri Valley Veterinarians' association. Mrs. Zack Shrader, residing near Murray, while operating a washer and wringer at her home, tho powor being furnished by ja gasoline en gine, had her hand caught in tho cogs of the wringer and badly lacer ated. A contract has just been let to C. W. Lobdell for tho construction of two fine brick buildings at Goring. Ono of the buildings is to bq owned and occupied by A. R. Neoley, drug gist, and tho other by tho Gerlng National bank. New rates between Omaha, Lincoln and F.emont to Donman, Myers nnd Newmarch. new towns on the Union Pacific s Gibbon extension, havo been authorized by the railway com mission. The rates are both class and commodity rates. Ti counties which have filed as. sesscd values with the stato board of assessment havo shown an increase of nearly half a million dollars. Boyd and Gosper counties, the last to re port, show a combined " Increase of $114,000 In tho value of taxable proporty". Attorneys W. . Moran, John C. Watson, O. G. Leldlgh and Paul Top ping of Nebraska City wont to Platts mouth and Interviewed Judge H. D. Travte, n3klng for an election for tho city of Nobraska City for the recall of Mayor Huston. The request was granted.
