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f ! i 1 I 1 THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUHE IRA L. DAUB, Publisher. TERMS: $1.00 IN, ADVANCE. NOnTH PLATTE, - NfTORA8KA. XEH5 OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. 1 OF EVENTS v National, Political, Personal and Other Matters In Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. Congress. Senator Tovynsond attacked Secre tary Dryan on account of his pro posed lecturo tour. The- resolution of Representative Knhn for Investigation In Cainlnettl cnBo was tabled. Representative Townor Introduced a toll! to extend llfo of the Aldrlch-Vioe-Jnnd currency law for four years. Representative Dillon1" Introduced a bill prohibiting franking of speeches or romarks of senators or representa tives. Representative Knowland, Califor nia, Introduced bill for federal regula tion, indontlflcatlon and registration of automobiles.' Sharp exchanges occurred between Senators Brlstow and Ashurst when Brlstow accused latter of Bonding telegrams at government expense. Roproaontotlvo Johnson South Caro lina, Introduced a bill for a hospital nt or near Spartanburg, S. C, for the Investigation und treatment of di seases, especially pellagra. Representative Darton, still In pur suit of tho stool trust, Introduced a resolution calling upon tho commis sioner of corporations to furnish tho houso with completo Information as to what it costs tho factories to make armor plate, - Domestic Miss Emma MaUanoy, 67 yoara old, of Wooa'ter, 0., asks a hoart barm of ?25,000 from John Wolff, u 77-year old votcran of tho civil war and a retired merchant, of Patterson, N. J. Chile announced its willingness to consider tho dotallo of Secretary ,Rry nil's peace plan, becoming tho twenty second nation to endorse the project in principle -- Edward 13. Phillips, convicted at Indianapolis of conspiracy in the al leged dynamlto plot, la tho first of tho tlilrtythrco men to leave tho "United States pcnlntontlary at Leav enworth, ICan., a froo man. Tho sealing -ship, Erik, formerly used by Commander Peary, 1b boiiv; reparod at St. Johns, N. P., -to go to tho aid of tho steamer, Diana, which wont ashoro in Hollo Islo Straits with iho MacMlllan expedition on board. Thomas Marshall Sutherland, who said his ago was "free and a half" sat on VIco President Marshall's kneos and helped to presldo over tho son ate, Tommlo is tho ono son of Rov. Alex. Sutherland of Berkeley Springs, "W. Va., and is tho vice president's jmmesako. Two young men and a girl, trapped on Uio Gth floor of a burning loft build lng in New York stood helpless amid -tho flames until their clothing took llro . They woro ablaze when fire men took them down olghty-ftve feet extension ladders to tho street. They woro badly burnod. Carrying tholr baggage, camp out fit and provisions in a wheelbairow of light tonnage, Mr. and Mis. A, L. T ubbs and tholr two sonB, aged oloven and nlno years, havo Btarted on a ), COO mllo walk from Sandpolnt, Idaho, n town of fifty miles cast of Spokano, to St. Paul, Minn. A bolt of lightning from an appar ently clear Bky struck in tho center of a play grounds at Pensacola, Fin., -whore several boys woro playing ball John McCarthy, 14 years old, was killed and Earl Iloffmun, manugor of tho play grounds, and several boys woro shocked. Miss Helen Prick, daughter ot tho Pittsburgh Iron manufacturer, has at last succeeded in hor effort to have n n ideal Bummer homo (or working girls, situated in tho country. Tho Iron Rail club is tho Jiamo that has been given to tho commodious inan ition for that purpoao in tho midst of 150 acres of ground nt Wenbnm, Mass. Another constitutional amondment to provide that the president and vice president, aftor March, 1021, shall aoryo single six-year torms, and nny portion who has theretofore held tho office by election or has discharged the powora and duties, or has acted as prosldent Bhnll bo lnollglbl-ito again hold .tho ofllco by olootlon" has been introduced by Reprcsentatlvo Madden of Illinois. Clara S. Loowua of Towanda, Pa., Is tnado of unconquerable stuff. Sho worked her way through Cornell anil for twenty weokB lived on food that cost only CO coats n weok. Miss I.powua would Blmply laugh nt pov. erty, , Tho Anglo-Saxon club at London at Ua banquet had as Us guest of honor th,e American ambassador, Waltor H. Page. Earl,Groy, ( formov governor general of Canada,' proslded, while among tho guests woro tho lord mya-or- aud tho Bherlffa or Iondon and Lieutpnant General Sir Robert 11a-n-Powell, Earnest Wostphlly on avu'or, was killed while flyluj at tho aeroJromo nt" Nlrdorrad, Germany. Jefferson City, Mo., has Just opon&d to traffic a concroto viadu"t fifty eight feet high and COS foot long, cost lng $.10,000. The will of Alfred Austin, tho lato poet lauoatcr was probated in Lon don. Tho estato, which amounts to $10,490, la all bequeathed to his widow. t ' Pour men woro instantly killed and, two others Injured at ErneBt, Pa;, whon tho sides of a mlno draining shaft In which they we'ro working col lapsed. The first case in St. Paul under a now Minnesota law prohibiting drink ing of liquor on stroet cars resulted In tho workhouso for E. L. Hardy, negro. Tho final hearing of tho govern ment Milt for tho dissolution of tho International Harvester company of Amorlca, will be hold In St. Paul on November 13. A proposal to maintain the- status quo as to military and naval prepara tions among disputants of Internation al dlffercncccs constitutes tho tlilnl and final proposal in Secretary Bryan's pcaco plan. Swectheatts in their youth, but parted for more than thirty years, Peter J. Uarncs, 75 yqaTB old, ot Kan sas, and Mrs. Augusta Doty, 71 yoarB old. of Pleasant Valloy, N. Y., were married In PoughkcopBle. Mrs. Andrew GundQrflon of Valloy City, N. D., who recently named her triplet daughters In honor of Presi dent Wilson's thrco daughters, re ceived a letter from Miss Margaret Wilson thanking her for the honor conferred "upon tho young women of tho Wlrtto houso." S The closing of tho public olllccs nt Uargonn, a town on tho Panama canal, which soon will ho Inundated by tho rising waters of Gatun lake, began with tho abandonment of tho polico stntlon. Tho town will bo vacated by all Its Inhabitants b quickly as possi ble after August 1. Sevcnty-flvo bankers, .representing Institutions of Minnesota, North Da kota and Montana, wore gucstB of tho officers of the Minnesota Rank ers' association nt Minneapolis. Tho purpose of the meottng was the dlB cuaslon of tho national currncy law now pending in congress. Tho old Perry flagship, tho Niagara, robullt after being raised from tho bottom of tho harbor at Erie, Pa., had a hard tlmo woathcrlng a. storm In Lake Erie whllo It wns bolng towod to Palrport, O., from Erlo by the naval boats, tho Wolvorlno and Essox. , At ont time tho seas swept tho decks cf tho old vessel and It was noccssary to lash Its guns. An agent of a transatlantic steam ehlp lino Iibb wtltton Mayor Gaynof of Now York, stating that 30,088 per sons who woro curious to soo a now llnor during Its first stay In Now York contributed, at SO centH each, tho sum of $15,3 1L A. check for $5,000 of this was enclosed with the roquest that tho mayor dlstrlbuto It among wortliy charities, whllo tho rest; was dlstilhuted n Hobokcn and among seamen's societies. Dr. P. H. Knowlton, of tho Smith sonian Institution and E. W. Borry, of Johns Hopkins university, aro onrouto to tho fossil bods of PlorlsBant, Col. Thoy will endeavor to ascertain tho merits of tho theory advanced about; two yoars ugo by Prof. J. E. Farna worth of tho British musoum, that a race of pigmies inhabited thin region In prehistoric times, Farusworlh claimed to havo found traces of bucIj a raco. Foreign. Japan is capturing the Australian orange market from California competitors. A national seed testing station fot England In urged- by tho London chamber of commerce. Tradora must now send seeds for testing as to pur ity and germination to continental Europe. A Vienna dispatch to tho Exchange Tolegraph company of London, saya: "It Is rumored hero, but not confirmed, that a revolution has broken out in Soda and the King Ferdinand has been nssnHinnted." Tho growth of Johannesburg, the commercial and financial capital ot South Africa and by far tho most pop ulous oily of tho country 1b stoadjly forging ahead and It now has a popu lation considerably In excess of 250,. 000, with n property valuation exceed ing $102,210,000. A Chinese Invasion of Tibet by a largo army la In progress, according to prtvnto advices reaching Loudon, tho main purposo of which is to soil to tho Blmplo-mlndcd TlbotanB n counterfeit Indian rupeo for a thirty two cents that costs only sixteen conts to manufacture. During 1912 tho boundaries of tho city of Glasgow wero oxtondod mater ially nnd tho population groatly In creased. In 1911 Glasgow contained 12,975 aoroB, with a population of 784,455. arcntor Glasgow covers 19, 183 acrcB, with a population estimat ed November, 1912, at 1,010,805. Slam has established a government savings bank. Whllo agrlculturo la carried on in great part in a primitive mannor in Sicily, yet tho Island 1b gradually feeling tho awakening that lit so marked In northern Italy at prcsont. Germany has moro than 05,000,000 peoplo living in an aroa less' then that ot Texas. Klpg Constantino's protest to. the civilized world against Bulgarian utrocltloB destroys ,tho last hapo of thosa who bolloved that Rtfssla would succeed in Inducing tho bclllgor'iuts to accept arbitration, WILL NOT DELAY BILL REPUBLICANS DO NOT PLAN FILL DU8TERING TACTICS. CERTAIN SCHEDULES FACE FfRE The Principal Flnht Will Center Upon the Adoption of the Proi posed Amendments. Washington. Republican senators bavo served notlco upon their demo cratic opportenta thut there is to be no unnecozary delay of tho Under wood-SimmoiiB tariff revision bill. Whllo tho sharp tongue of republican criticism nnd dire prediction is to bo loosed throughout tho tariff debate, tho lcpublloans do not plan to adopt any general filibustering tactics or to attempt to hold up final action on tariff revision. Within tho next few days a scrleB of vigorous attacks aro to be made on tho general principles of tho Underwood-Simmons bill following out the lines ot tho speech, by Senator Cum mins. Senator Burton's addresB will ho tho first of these general speeches by regular republicans. To Attack Cerlaln Schedules. Tho general denunciations will be followod'by concerted attacks on cor tain schedules, where tho republicans Insist that tho new measure will mean ruin to American Industries. Tho dem ocrats will keep up tho fTro of de bate until tho senato Is ready to take tho bill up section by Ecctipn for amendment. When that tlmo arrives, It Is under stood tho republicans will make tholr final light for amendment of the bill, hoping thoy can break up tho demo cratic ranks, particularly on the su gar and wool schedules." ' If tholr efforts fall, It Ib tho pres cut understanding that tho republi cans will not Interpose nny final oppo sition to a vote on the bill. Senators Simmons and Kern and other demo crats who aro directing tho tariff program, aro hopeful that tho senate can completo work on tho bill lato in August. Democratic senators arc not now prepared to say that that body wll consent to work out the cur rency problem at the present session. Outwits the Police. London Mrs. Emmellno Paukhurst, tho suffragette lender, again has suc ceeded In outwitting tho police. It Avas thought sho was arro3ted but It was another woman, (personating Mrs. Pankhurst, whom tho polico captured In a taxlcab 'and took to Scotland yard. Then tjioy discovered tho mis tako nnd liberated tholr prisoner. At first tho wholo affair was considered a hoax, but It developed Into an appar ently well laid schemo whereby Mrs. Paukhurst could escape from her flat by another pas3ago whllo her lmpeV Bonator was luring away thepollco. Find Mother's Body In Barn. Sioux Palls, S. D. Despondent bp- causo ot ill health and distracted by tho fear that biio was losing hor mind and would be sent to tho stato hospi tal for tho insane, Mrs. Carter Col llns, aged 35 years, wlfo of a Meody county farmer, hangod horself In tho barn. Sho Is survived by a husband and throo chlldron. Her body was found hanging in tho barn by her children as they were returning from a pasture Police Find Baskets of Bombs. UlBbon. An organized attempt at bomb throwing In various parts of tho city Was frustrated by the police, who had boon warned tfnd woro on the lookout. They captured several auto mobiles in which thoy found baskets of bombs and arrested many porsons who had gathered on tho streets.- Children playing in tho streets later In'tho day found two bombs. A boy hit onoof tho bombs with a hammor and it exploded, wounding him se verely. Mctcalfo Starts for New Home. Lincoln, Nob. Mr. nnd Mrs. R. L. Motcalfo, accompanied by tholr sons, Tod and Loo, left for their now homo In tho Panama canal zone. On tho way to Now York city, from which they sail August 1,-lhoy will stop at Omaha and Washington. At tho na tional capital thoy will bo the guestB at sovoraL affairs to be glcn In their honor, Their youngest son, Kenneth, will Join thorn at Washington nnd will go south with them, Woman Badly Burned. Gonovn, Neb. Miss Cora Owens, a popular teacher In the Gonova public Bchool wnB severely burnod by a gaBO lino explosion while cleaning a pair of gloves. Pike's Peak In an Auto. Colorado Springs, Colo. II. E. Brown, a professional automobllo racer, and J. P. Bradley of Colorado Springs, droyo a 200-horfiopower auto mobile to the summit ot Pike's Poak. Tho trip was mado over' tho aband onded Orlpplp creek stage routo. Junket Still Flourishes. Newport, R. I. -Tho manufacture of naval torpedqes was witnessed by tho motnbers ot tho houso committee on naval affairs. Thoy also saw several tropodoes exploded. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. W. J. Bryan will speak at tho Weep ing Water chatauqua on August 11. Colonel Thompson, an old settlor ot Valentino, died after a lingering ill ness. Ho was 80 years of age. C. P. BciiBhausen, editor of tho Loup City Independent, has been appointed postmaster of his town. The Peru Pointer, S. W. Hacker & Co., publishers, celebrated Its seven teenth anniversary last week. Tho Pairbury park board is putting electroliers In tho park, and tho drive ways and auto courso aro being coated with oil.' Deshler has organized a baEoball as sociation, will hiro salaried players and will attempt to schedulo some good games. Deshler is planning a com and llvo stock show for tho latter part ot Sep tember. Last yoar'fl corn and llvo stock show drew mora than five thou sand pooplo on tho big day A statement filed with the stato board of assessment gives the total assessed valuation of property In Lan caster county at $23,980,164. Last year tho amount was $23,504,189. Tho Burwcll Sun has suspended publication after fifteen month's exist ence. Tho subscription list and adver tising contracts wero taken ovor by Publisher Parsons of tho Tribune. Assistant? Postmaster Miss Myrtle Lampshore, of Republican City, whllo performing her duties in tho ofllco waa overcomo by tho heat to such an oxtent that sho fell to tho floor and was unconscious for eeveral hours. Piro of unkown origin destroyed tho barn nnd garago of Dr. W. W. Foster of Waco. A 55-horso power automo bilo and a quantity of tools wero burned. Tho loss 1b estimated at $2, 000 and is" fully covered by insurance. Stato Superintendent Delzoll has re turned from tho national educational association meeting held at Salt Lako City. Ninety teachers from Nebraska attended tho mooting.. Mr. Delzoll was again mado a director of tho na tional association. Governor Morchead has appointed Henry Allen of Central City to be J ud go advocato general of the Nebras ka National guard. He will take the placo vacated by the resignation ot Fred Mack of Albion, who Ib soon to move to Florida. Bill Kantlel and Patrick McCoy, hold on tho charge of attempting to hold up Sam Kohn, broko out of tho Fromont city Jal by boring a hole through a solid, brick wall. Tho men worked with the prongs of an old bi cycle John Hughes, a farmer living near Paulino, fired six wild shots at his son-in-law. Al. Whitmore, then at tmpted 8uicido by swallowing car bolic acid and shooting himself in the head. Programs have been issued for tho first annual fair of tho Big 4 agricul tural association, comprising Dodge, i Washington, Saunders and Douglas counties. Tho first show will bo hold In Fremont starting September 8 and running a week. A petition signed by 4,000 voters, or , 21 per cent of th vote cast at tho last I general election, Iibb been filed with Omaha city clerk by socialists asking that an ordinance providing for tho sale of seven street car tickets for 25 cents bo immediately passed. Six telephone operators left Omaha for St. Louis to tako tho places "of striking oporatorB Statements pub lished to the effect that a consid erable number had gono under Instruc tions from official of the local com pany aro denied by tho latter. John Radko, a farmer living notth of Superior, unloaded a new threshing outfit and sot it at a neighbors to thresh. After doing two hours' threshing tho bollor blew up, setting tho separator allro and burning up two loads of wheat and several wagons. Miss Mamlo Muldoon, chief clerk in tho ofllco of Plro Commissioner Rid goll, has prepared a very Interesting work on prevention of llros, entitled "LeBsonB in Fire Protection." Sho has had tho work copyrighted and it will probably bo mado a part of tho generalBchool education. A petition has been filed by Emma Loucks for a dlvorco from Homer Loucks of Hastings on grounds of allogod cruelty, niaklns false accusa tions nnd using vilo lauguago against hor. Tho plaintiff asks Tor the cus tody ot two children and $15,000 ali mony. Sheriff RoBBCter went down to WobaV Lako and got a man by tho name of Scott, who was arrested for shooting a man by the namo ot Younz in tho face with a shotgun and .wounded him very badly. Thoy woro having Borne trouble ovor a cow and tho shooting took placo somewhere south of Wood Lake. Major Arthur R. HayBcl has return o'd from McCook whero ho Invostlgat od tho condition of a company of the Nebraska national guard. It has boen decided that the old company shall be muBtered out and sixty days given for tho organization of a new com pany. Tho commercial club of Mc Cook, will glvo tho now company its support. E. R. Gilmore, who was working on top of a threshing machine near Shelby, had ono log drawn Into tho cyllndor and shredded nearly to the knee. Ho was rushed to a David City hospital and tho leg amputated nbovo the kneo. With tho now law which gives half pay to convicts serving tlmo in Ne braska's penitentiary, becoming ef fective this week, prison officials nro' wondering. Tho law is all right and tho officials are in favor ot it. How over, no funds woro appropriated by the legislature which passed the law to put It in operation. LDDKSFOBHflDEHCE REQUEST FOR LOWER FRUIT RATES HEARD THIS MONTH. inOPIIIES FOB RIFLE T Company of National Guard Which Has BeBt Marksmen Will Receive Governor's Cup. Lincoln. Representative O. A. Cow bin of Vesta is looking after evldenco 16 present whon hla complaint agalntt tho rallroadB asking" for a i educt on of freight rates on fruit comes up on July 29, which la tho day set for tho railroad companies to file an nnswer. Mr. Corbln says that thousands or barrels ot good Nebraska apples goj to wasto in the. orchards each season because freight rates on fruit aro to high that it does not pay to ship It, while, on tho other hand, tlupro are plenty of localltloB In Nebraska wheie the fruit would find a ready sale If it could bo had at a reasonable price. . Fruit and especially apples, rot ou tho trees In southeast Nebraska while dealers pay high freight rateB to get Oregon apples. For Instance, the Ne-b-aska Jonathan is considered tho finest flavored apple grown in the country and tho oxcollent quality is especially marked In this state, yet they rot under tho trees in Nebraska, whllo Nebraska people either havo to buy appleB grown outside the stato of a lesser grade or go without Mr. Corbln thinks that Nebraska people ought to havo tho chance to buy Ne braska apples If they prefer them and It la for this reason that h makes tho complaint before tho railway commis sion for a cheaper rate. . Cups for Guard Companies. Thero'wlll bo presented to the com pany of tho National Guard having tho best rlflo team this year a very beautiful loving cup presented by Governor Morohoad, to bo known ae, the "Governor's cup." Another cup of about tho samo design, but con siderably smaller, will be presented to the company standing second to tho rlflle contest. This cup will be known as the 'Adjutant General's cup." Anothor silver cup about the Blze of that presented by tho adjutant general will bo given to the sollder making tho best record In riilo prac tice. These cuus will be contested for yearly and will be tho property of tho winning company or marksman until some other company or marks man makes a better score than tho holder. Tho cups aro of a special design prepared by Major. Birknfer of the ad jutant general's ofllco and aro especial ly neat and attractive. In addition to these cups there are several beauti ful badge's which aro to bo given to those making special records in the different contests. New Plan For Support Lincoln. Taxpayers aro to havo a direct, Interest In tho Stato University Alumni association from now on, ac cording to planB worked out by tho heads of tho organization. Hereafter it will have offices on the campus and all expenses connected with the main tenance pf the headquarters will come out of funds set asldo for the conduct of the univorelty. Tho plan la similar to that followed by several other states, it is said, and has proven moro successful than the method of operat ing tho organization wholly on fundB collected by subscription or gift. Tho university location fight re sulted In a numbor of alumni mem bers refusing to pay their subscrip tions, it Is said hero, and, although the association fseed itself frojm debt, the precarious position it might be in in the future was not overlooked by tho authorities whon thoy make the change. ' New Laws Become Effective. Lincoln. The new laws passed by tho legislature-have gone into effect which did not havo tho emergency clauso or which havo not run against tho leforendum snog in tho political rlvor or tho Injunction sandbar. There aro 138 which did not havo the emerg ency clause, but thrco of theso have bcou put to the bad temporarily, Tho Nebraska Ctiy armory appropriation of $20,000 has been suspended be cause of tho filing of referendum. peti tions, -while the omployors' liability law Ib held up by tho Bamo process. The new Insurance code law is in the courts and awaits a run into effect or knockod out entirely. Another bill which will not become a Jaw now Is the electrocution law. This does not go into effect until October 1, becauso of provisions to that offect In tho bill. Thl3 does away with legal death penalty by hanging and substitutes the cletrlc chair. State Dairyman's Train. Lincoln. Tho special train of the Stato Dairyman's association will make an extended trip In tho north wostorn part of tho stato Sep'tomber 15 to 19. Thcro will bo lectures and experts on tho train, and stops of an hour and a half will bo mado in each town. School principals will bo asked to bring pupils to attend tho lectures. Tho train will start from Niobrara, go to Norfolk and then Journoy to HnrrlBon. At Crawford ,tho train will probably bo routed over tho Burling ton to Ravenna, DRINKING CUPS MAY GO. Board of Health Has Power t ' Abolish Them. The Buckner law, empowering tlio . , Btato bonrd of health to designate pul)' , Ho places or vehlclos whoro public, ""V-"'' ' drinking cups may bo abolished, la. : now in effect, but tho public cup willf " Btay until the board of health iss,ujf' 1. orders and namos tho places whcreT cdmmou sups shall not bo used. Wlloiv. . , tho bill was flrs.t Introduced In tho legislature It prohibited the ubo ot common drinking cups in all- publio places and on trains. It waa changed to read as follows: - "In ordor to prevent tho spread' of," Icommunlcablo diseases, tho "stato "board of health la horoby authorised "" (to prohibit In such public places, vo- 'hides or buildings as it may doslg- ' nale, the providing arid use of a com-' T 'mon drinking cup, and to establish such rules nnd regulations for this purposo as it may deem necessary ".. Tho bill carries a penalty in tho form 7 of a fine of not exceeding $25 for ? each offense. - ' The stato board of health comprises (Governor Morehend, Atlornoy Gen 'oral Martin and Stato Superintendent De1zoll. Somo of tho members of tho stuto board ot educational lands and funds, which board has control of the stato "house, supposed tho law prohibited . the use of comon cups in all public placos, and plans havo been dls---cussed for tho erection of a sajjltary a .drinking fountain In tho center of tho flrM floor corridor under the ddme, and possibly on every floor of tho stato house. -.. It Is not known what places will bo jilaced under tho ban by tho stato.t board of health. Tho secretaries of tho board, of whom Dr. Carr is prcsi- K -dent, said the secretaries would un- doubtedly recommend tho dlscontlnu-c . anco of tho common drinking cup en., railroad trains and in most public buildings. A members of an Episco palian church in Omaha has written ? tho secretaries that his church or-, ganlzatlon will not Bubmit to tho abo lition of tho common communion cup. Ho bellove8 tho church organization will claim the right to ubo a commen cup in its religious ceremonies. Tho secretaries of the board will probably tako no action in regard to cups in churches. Tho secretaries cannot do moro than recommend, as such ac tions of tho secretaries must bo ap proved by the state board, comprising" three officers beforo they b"come legal. State Contract in Dispute. Tho Beatrice Light nnd Power com pany has asked tho board of control to comply with a contract for light " and power at tho Beatrice Institution. . which the old board of public lands v -w and buildings declined- to comply with ' on tho ground that ft was not the con- 7?r tract which tho board verbally agreed "" upon. Secretary of State Walt ex plained to tho board of control that E. B. Cowles as chairhiair of tho boaid ' of public lands and buildings and him self as secretary of tho board, signed tho contract In question, but that it- i did not agreo with the terms mado by tho board and whon this was dlscov- " -. ered the board of public lands and buildings wrote a "letter to tho com pany annulling tho contract and tell ing tho company not to carry out the -- torms of tho document whlch-tko two board mombers had signed. Tho old board desired to obtain ""' electric light at tho institution for feebleminded at Beatrice, tho current to bo furnished only after 10 p. m., after tho power plants pt tho institu tion had shut down. Tho board was ' . to pay a minimum rate of $50 a month or $600 a year, and if tho amount ot current used oxceeded that amount tho a -a state was to pay 5 cents per kilowatt! "." hour. Tho Btato board thought It best ' ' to do .this instead of running Its pow er plant all' night The contracting " ,. company was to havo tho right or option to change motors nt tho Instl-"1" '.. " tutlon so that it could connect When; ."', the written contract was placed be- foro tho board tho wording or It did '-" not ImprosB tho two Btato oflllcers- rr who signed it Later it was discov ered that If tho motor changes woro mado the state's own power "and-llght plant at tho Institution would be use less and could bo operated only by currant from tho contracting cV", pany. Then the two state .qfllcera-' who had attached their signatures balked. The company has not completed tho' work and merely oxtended its polo lino to the edge of tho Institution giounda -'" Receives Copy of Contract. A copy of a contract entered into between the government and tho Cen tral "Irrigation district of Goring ha3 been received by 'State Engineec i). D. Prlco. Tho district agrees to pay $12,275 to tho government for a per petual water right for water for irri gation purposes. ' Tho Pathfinder pro ject is now soiling wntor to half a dozen Irrigation companies and hua plenty of water for uso on irrigated lands under tho government ditch. Get Money From State. The stale auditor has Issued a stato warrant for $1,000 to John Koane, fott morly a guard at the penitentiary who was accldontly Injured while in tho ' employment of tho state. Tho legis lature passed a Bpecial act for hla benefit. Tho auditor has also Issued a warrant for $2,000 to Mrs. Ida Arm strong whoso husband was killed whllo working on tho contsructlon of a now grand stand at tho state fair grounds. -A warrant for $37,00f was Issued to the contractor who Ib build ing tho new agricultural hall. - :.i ".-r vXtH mJl M" k ( ,m w