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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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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.
